Fungal Endophytes and Their Interactions with Plants
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Microbe Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2020) | Viewed by 101446
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Interests: beneficial microorganisms; plant-microbe interactions; genotyping; genetic analysis
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, ‘Fungal Endophytes and Their Interactions with Plants’ is all about endophytes and their unique interactions with their host plant. Living within every plant are endophytic microorganisms that, being part of the plant microbiome, play a major role in the host plant’s wellbeing. As smaller organisms with short life cycles, they are involved in the evolution of the host plant by taking part in the host’s adaptation to environmental stresses. Consequently, endophytes are often associated with enhanced tolerance to abiotic stresses and resistance to pests and diseases and have been exploited for enhanced plant performance in a range of different industries.
This Special Issue will cover all aspects of the host–endophyte interaction, including discovery/characterization of novel fungi that are endophytic, genetics and genomics of endophyte, the role of endophytes in the plant microbiome, discovery/characterization of endophyte-derived secondary compounds, and application of endophytes for enhanced plant performance. This Special Edition will also include any new developments in the field.
Dr. Kathryn Guthridge
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- endophytic fungus
- endophyte–host interactions
- endophyte genomics
- endophytes as the plant microbiome
- endophyte-derived secondary products
- application of endophytes in industry
- endophyte transcriptomics
- symbiotum performance
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