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An Overview on Orchids and their Interaction with Endophytes

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Orchids, being one of nature’s most magnificent as well as abundant plant species, are often a bit of an enigma because their seeds lack endosperm and rely on endophytes for seedlings, development, as well as evolution. Orchids are valued by ecologists as well as the community at large for their decorative, therapeutic, as well as nutritional content. Many orchid species have become affected and extinct as a result of growers’ eagerness to obtain them. The current orchid study has concentrated on isolating and identifying mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal endophytes that lead to orchid growth and development and also the synthesis of useful bioactive compounds. In the large-scale biosynthetic pathway of industrially as well as pharmaceutically essential biomolecule derivatives, the biodynamics of orchid-fungal endophytes is assisted for renewable production of bio-applications and technologies. The associations between orchids as well as endophytes are the focus of the study.

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  1. Department of Botany, Govt Degree College Doda City, 182202, Jammu and Kashmir , UT, India

    Sayeeda Kousar Bhatti

  2. Division Botany, Department of Bio-Sciences, Career Point University, 176041, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Monika Thakur

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Monika Thakur and Sayeeda Kousar Bhatti. The manuscript was written by Monika Thakur and supervised, and edited by Sayeeda Kousar Bhatti.The authors’ thoroughly revised the manuscript prior to its submission.

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Bhatti, S.K., Thakur, M. An Overview on Orchids and their Interaction with Endophytes. Bot. Rev. 88, 485–504 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-022-09275-5

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