All plants in natural ecosystems are thought to be symbiotic with mycorrhizal and/or
endophytic fungi. Collectively, these fungi express different symbiotic lifestyles ranging from …

Background: The role of fungi in cocoa crops is mainly associated with plant diseases and
contamination of harvest with unwanted metabolites such as mycotoxins that can reach the …

The impact of exotic species on native organisms is widely acknowledged, but poorly
understood. Very few studies have empirically investigated how invading plants may alter …

Fungal endophytes isolated from healthy Theobroma cacao tissues were screened in vitro
for antagonism against major pathogens of cacao. Of tested endophytic morphospecies …

Fungal entomopathogens can directly regulate populations of various insects. The
entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana can also endophytically colonize various plants …

We discuss studies of foliar endophytic fungi (FEF) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
associated with Theobroma cacao in Panama. Direct, experimentally controlled …

Up till now various plant–fungal interactions have been extensively studied in the form of
mycorrhizal, parasitic or endophytic lifestyles. Many of those interactions are beneficial to the …

Fungal endophytes are important in plant ecology and common in plants. We attempted to
test cointroduction and host‐jum** hypotheses on a community basis by comparing …

Fungal symbionts that live asymptomatically inside plant tissues (endophytes) can influence
plant–insect interactions. Recent work has shown that damage by leaf‐cutting ants, a major …

We demonstrate the effectiveness of three inoculation methods (foliar spray, seed immersion
and root immersion) in establishing fungal the entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana as an …