Drought and salinity stress responses and microbe-induced tolerance in plants

Y Ma, MC Dias, H Freitas - Frontiers in plant science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Drought and salinity are among the most important environmental factors that hampered
agricultural productivity worldwide. Both stresses can induce several morphological …

The microbiome extends host evolutionary potential

LP Henry, M Bruijning, SKG Forsberg… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The microbiome shapes many host traits, yet the biology of microbiomes challenges
traditional evolutionary models. Here, we illustrate how integrating the microbiome into …

Impacts of global change on the phyllosphere microbiome

YG Zhu, C **ong, Z Wei, QL Chen, B Ma… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plants form complex interaction networks with diverse microbiomes in the environment, and
the intricate interplay between plants and their associated microbiomes can greatly …

Endophytic fungi: from symbiosis to secondary metabolite communications or vice versa?

B Alam, J Lǐ, Q Gě, MA Khan, J Gōng… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Endophytic fungi (EF) are a group of fascinating host-associated fungal communities that
colonize the intercellular or intracellular spaces of host tissues, providing beneficial effects to …

Microbial interactions within the plant holobiont

MA Hassani, P Durán, S Hacquard - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Since the colonization of land by ancestral plant lineages 450 million years ago, plants and
their associated microbes have been interacting with each other, forming an assemblage of …

Heavy metals and arsenic stress in food crops: Elucidating antioxidative defense mechanisms in hyperaccumulators for food security, agricultural sustainability, and …

PK Rai, C Sonne, KH Kim - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The spread of heavy metal (loid) s at soil-food crop interfaces has become a threat to
sustainable agricultural productivity, food security, and human health. The eco-toxic effects …

Bacterial endophyte colonization and distribution within plants

SL Kandel, PM Joubert, SL Doty - Microorganisms, 2017 - mdpi.com
The plant endosphere contains a diverse group of microbial communities. There is general
consensus that these microbial communities make significant contributions to plant health …

Research priorities for harnessing plant microbiomes in sustainable agriculture

PE Busby, C Soman, MR Wagner, ML Friesen… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Feeding a growing world population amidst climate change requires optimizing the
reliability, resource use, and environmental impacts of food production. One way to assist in …

Induction of abiotic stress tolerance in plants by endophytic microbes

R Lata, S Chowdhury, SK Gond… - Letters in applied …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Endophytes are micro‐organisms including bacteria and fungi that survive within healthy
plant tissues and promote plant growth under stress. This review focuses on the potential of …

The hidden world within plants: ecological and evolutionary considerations for defining functioning of microbial endophytes

PR Hardoim, LS Van Overbeek, G Berg… - Microbiology and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
All plants are inhabited internally by diverse microbial communities comprising bacterial,
archaeal, fungal, and protistic taxa. These microorganisms showing endophytic lifestyles …