Forest trees form symbiotic associations with endophytic fungi which live inside healthy
tissues as quiescent microthalli. All forest trees in temperate zones host endophytic fungi …

Terrestrial plants including forest trees are generally known to live in close association with
microbial organisms. The inherent features of this close association can be commensalism …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

Wood-decaying fungi are essential for the functioning of forest ecosystems. They provide
habitat for many other organisms and enable the regeneration of forests throughout the …

Fungal root endophytes are plant associates that colonize root tissue internally without
causing any obvious harm to their host. Although ubiquitous, this relationship is not well …

Genomic data has opened new possibilities to understand how organisms change over
time, and could enable the discovery of previously undescribed species. Although taxonomy …

Much of what we know about speciation comes from detailed studies of well‐known model
systems. Although there have been several important syntheses on speciation, few (if any) …

Dark septate endophytes (DSE) are distributed worldwide as root-colonising fungi, and
frequent in environments with strong abiotic stress. DSE is not a taxon, but constitutes …

Dark septate endophytes (DSE), a diverse group of ascomycetes, are dominant root
colonizers in many ecosystems. The most frequent DSE in natural forest ecosystems in the …

Fungal endophytes have been reported to inhibit growth of phytopathogenic microbes and
some also are known to promote root growth. If endophytes of conifers can protect their host …