Plant microbiome engineering: expected benefits for improved crop growth and resilience

I Arif, M Batool, PM Schenk - Trends in Biotechnology, 2020 - cell.com
Plant-associated microbiomes can boost plant growth or control pathogens. Altering the
microbiome by inoculation with a consortium of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria …

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 …

Harnessing bacterial endophytes for promotion of plant growth and biotechnological applications: an overview

AM Eid, A Fouda, MA Abdel-Rahman, SS Salem… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Endophytic bacteria colonize plants and live inside them for part of or throughout their life
without causing any harm or disease to their hosts. The symbiotic relationship improves the …

The lichens' microbiota, still a mystery?

M Grimm, M Grube, U Schiefelbein, D Zühlke… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lichens represent self-supporting symbioses, which occur in a wide range of terrestrial
habitats and which contribute significantly to mineral cycling and energy flow at a global …

Endophyte roles in nutrient acquisition, root system architecture development and oxidative stress tolerance

SK Verma, PK Sahu, K Kumar, G Pal… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Plants associate with communities of microbes (bacteria and fungi) that play critical roles in
plant development, nutrient acquisition and oxidative stress tolerance. The major share of …

Endophytic microbes and their potential applications in crop management

JF White, KL Kingsley, Q Zhang… - Pest management …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Endophytes are microbes (mostly bacteria and fungi) present asymptomatically in plants.
Endophytic microbes are often functional in that they may carry nutrients from the soil into …

The potential application of endophytes in management of stress from drought and salinity in crop plants

H Verma, D Kumar, V Kumar, M Kumari, SK Singh… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Endophytic microorganisms present inside the host plant play an essential role in host
fitness, nutrient supply and stress tolerance. Endophytes are often used in sustainable …

Bioactive products from plant-endophytic gram-positive bacteria

MJ Ek-Ramos, R Gomez-Flores… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Endophytes constitute plant-colonizing microorganisms in a mutualistic symbiosis
relationship. They are found in most ecosystems reducing plant crops' biotic and abiotic …

Endophytic fungi as direct plant growth promoters for sustainable agricultural production

J Poveda, D Eugui, P Abril-Urías, P Velasco - Symbiosis, 2021 - Springer
Current rates of population growth require the development of new agricultural strategies to
feed the world human and livestock. The massive use of agricultural chemicals causes …

Functional soil microbiome: belowground solutions to an aboveground problem

V Lakshmanan, G Selvaraj, HP Bais - Plant physiology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
There is considerable evidence in the literature that beneficial rhizospheric microbes can
alter plant morphology, enhance plant growth, and increase mineral content. Of late, there is …