Biological Interactions Between Endophytic Fungi and Plants
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 46
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant pathology; mycology; endophytic fungi; rust fungi; fungal taxonomy; phylogenetics
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Dear Colleagues,
Endophytic fungi are characterized as an ecological group of fungi closely associated with living plants. They derive protection, nutrients, and enhanced tolerance to environmental stresses from host plants, and they often provide host plants with various physiological and/or ecological benefits. However, these fungi have not been unequivocally defined by unique biological properties. An endophytic lifestyle alone does not define them all. They are not phylogenetically restricted and are ubiquitous in terms of geographic distribution and host plant phylogeny. This Special Issue explores the diverse lifestyles of endophytic fungi. It emphasizes their high phenotypic plasticity and the capacity to adapt physiologically and ecologically to variable and often unexpectedly changing environmental conditions, as well as their resilience to hostile host responses within dynamic plant-fungus communities. Acclimation-based research reveals many aspects of endophytic fungal biology and provides a foundation for understanding the diverse lifestyles of all plant-associated fungi. Studying endophytic fungi necessitates a fundamental reevaluation of fungal ecological flexibility and versatility.
Dr. Izumi Okane
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- acclimation
- biological interaction
- lifestyle
- phenotypic plasticity
- versatility
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