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Endophytic fungi for sustainable agriculture

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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In view of health effects of pollution related with chemical fertilizers and pesticides, interest has increased to find alternative green methods of fertilization and control of pests. Fungal endophytes (endobionts) can be defined as the microfungi living within the tissues of plant without causing them probable disease symptoms. Endophytic fungi play an important role in the growth promotion and resistance to various biotic and abiotic stresses and diseases in plants. They also produce useful compounds as phytohormones, antimicrobial compounds, and many agrochemical bioactive metabolites. These endophytes hold huge potential to be used as safe and cost-effective alternative to chemical pesticides and fertilizers in view of their wide range of plant growthpromoting activities. The present review article describes the role of endophytic fungi in the agriculture sector.

DOI

10.21608/mb.2019.38886

Keywords

abiotic stress, fungal endophytes, Sustainable agriculture, Plant growth promotion

Authors

First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Abo Nouh

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Botany Department, Faculty of Science Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt

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batootnouh1996@gmail.com

City

Ismailia

Orcid

0000-0002-2538-8422

Volume

4

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1

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6027

Issue Date

2019-06-01

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2019-03-19

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2019-07-03

Page Start

31

Page End

44

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2357-0326

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2357-0334

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504

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Publication Title

Microbial Biosystems

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https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/

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Endophytic fungi for sustainable agriculture

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22 Jan 2023