Fungal endophytes and their interaction with plant pathogens
By I. Zabalgogeazcoa. 2008
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Endophytes are fungi which infect plants without causing symptoms. Fungi belonging to this group are ubiquitous, and plant species not associated to fungal endophytes are not known. In addition, there is a large biological diversity among endophytes, and it is not rare for some plant species to be hosts of more than one hundred different endophytic species. Different mechanisms of transmission, as well as symbiotic lifestyles occur among endophytic species. Latent pathogens seem to represent a relatively small proportion of endophytic assemblages, also composed by latent saprophytes and mutualistic species. Some endophytes are generalists, being able to infect a wide range of hosts, while others are specialists, limited to one or a few hosts. Endophytes are gaining attention as a subject for research and applications in Plant Pathology. This is because in some cases plants associated to endophytes have shown increased resistance to plant pathogens, particularly fungi and nematodes. Several possible mechanisms by which endophytes may interact with pathogens are discussed in this review.
Subfields: Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology
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- The endophytic mycota associated with Vitis vinifera in central Spain (2011, unknown): “Endophytic fungi inhabit plant organs colonizing internal tissues without causing visible disease symptoms (Petrini 1991; Schulz and Boyle 2005; Zabalgogeazcoa 2008; Hyde and Soytong 2008).”
- Endophytic colonisation of squash by the fungal entomopathogen Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) for managing Zucchini yellow mosaic virus in cucurbits (2014, unknown): “…defence responses (Arnold et al., 2003; Jetiyanona & Kloepper, 2002; Kloepper, Ryu, & Zhang, 2004; Montesinos et al., 2002; Ramamoorthy, Viswanathan, Raguchander, Prakasam, & Samiyappan, 2001; Van Loon, Bakker, & Pieterse, 1998; Zabalgogeazcoa, 2008; Zehnder, Murphy, Sikora, & Kloepper, 2001).”
- Endophytic fungi as biocontrol agents: elucidating mechanisms in disease suppression (2018, background): “Competitive exclusion is a determining factor for the composition of the plant microbiome and a probable mechanism by which inhabiting endophytes can prevent colonisation of the host by pathogens (Zabalgogeazcoa 2008; Martinuz et al. 2012).”
- Diversity and structure of the fungal endophytic assemblages from two sympatric coastal grasses. (2008, unknown): “, 2008) and have led to the discovery of several species of mutualistic endophytes which may improve plant adaptation (Arnold et al., 2003; Schardl et al., 2004; Waller et al., 2005; Márquez et al., 2007; Rodriguez and Redman, 2008; Zabalgogeazcoa, 2008).”