| Title: | Fungal endophytes for sustainable crop production |
| Author(s): | Lugtenberg BJ; Caradus JR; Johnson LJ; |
| Address: | "Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, the Netherlands ben.lugtenberg@gmail.com. Grasslanz Technology Limited, PB 11008, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand. Forage Science, AgResearch Limited, PB 11008, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1574-6941 (Electronic) 0168-6496 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "This minireview highlights the importance of endophytic fungi for sustainable agriculture and horticulture production. Fungal endophytes play a key role in habitat adaptation of plants resulting in improved plant performance and plant protection against biotic and abiotic stresses. They encode a vast variety of novel secondary metabolites including volatile organic compounds. In addition to protecting plants against pathogens and pests, selected fungal endophytes have been used to remove animal toxicities associated with fungal endophytes in temperate grasses, to create corn and rice plants that are tolerant to a range of biotic and abiotic stresses, and for improved management of post-harvest control. We argue that practices used in plant breeding, seed treatments and agriculture, often caused by poor knowledge of the importance of fungal endophytes, are among the reasons for the loss of fungal endophyte diversity in domesticated plants and also accounts for the reduced effectiveness of some endophyte strains to confer plant benefits. We provide recommendations on how to mitigate against these negative impacts in modern agriculture" |
| Keywords: | "Adaptation, Physiological Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents/metabolism Archaea/*metabolism Bacteria/*metabolism Crop Production/*methods Ecosystem Endophytes/*metabolism Fungi/*metabolism Insecticides/metabolism Livestock/physiology Plant Diseases/prevention;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineLugtenberg, Ben J J Caradus, John R Johnson, Linda J eng Review England 2016/09/15 FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2016 Dec; 92(12):fiw194. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiw194. Epub 2016 Sep 12" |
