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Fungal Endophytes: Potential Benefits of Their Future Use in Plant Stress Tolerance and Agriculture

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Beneficial Microorganisms in Agriculture

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Global climate change, improper land use, overuse of chemical fertilizers and urban sprawl lead to radical impact on the agricultural production. It also increases abiotic and biotic stresses on crop plants which in turn causes decline in crop yield. This increased the concern of food security worldwide. To provide the food for increasing global population, there is need to increase crop production through sustainable route. The endophytes are group of microorganisms found in plant tissues. It may be beneficial, non-pathogenic, commensal and pathogenic. The beneficial endophytes are the living microorganisms mutually associated with a specific plant and help them to survive under adverse climate conditions. The plant diversity in different climatic zones also leads to endophyte diversity due to their host specificity and growing environment. Among the microorganisms some group of fungi also reside inside the plant body which is referred to as a fungal endophyte. The beneficial fungal endophytes help plant for their growth and development and protect them from adverse climate conditions for their successful survival. Moreover, it produces various metabolites which help plant to defence against abiotic and biotic stresses. The metabolites produced from fungal endophytes recently also gain popularity for their use in various biological fields. Therefore, this chapter provides information on the fungal endophytes, their characteristics, potential use to improve plant abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, weed control, avoiding post-harvest loss and utilization of their bioactive metabolites as prerequisite for crop improvement and sustainable agriculture.

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