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Role of Fungi in Adaptation of Agricultural Crops to Abiotic Stresses

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Agriculturally Important Fungi for Sustainable Agriculture

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Agriculture is considered to be one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change. Crop production, particularly in tropical regions is facing increasing stresses caused due to natural and anthropogenic factors. Stress in plants refers to external conditions that adversely affect growth, development, or productivity of plants. Stresses trigger a wide range of plant responses like altered gene expression, cellular metabolism, changes in growth rates, crop yields, etc. A plant stress usually reflects some sudden changes in environmental condition. Plant stress can be divided into two primary categories namely abiotic stress and biotic stress. Abiotic stress imposed on plants by environment may be either physical or chemical, while biotic stress exposed to the crop plants is a biological unit like diseases and insects. Plants in natural systems and crop lands are simultaneously exposed to both biotic and abiotic stresses. Abiotic stresses such as drought (water stress), excessive watering (water logging), extreme temperatures (cold, frost, and heat), salinity, and mineral toxicity negatively impact growth, development, yield, and seed quality of crops and other plants. Abiotic stress tolerance plays a vital role in determining crop productivity and distribution of plant species across the environment. These factors are likely to cause serious negative impacts on crop growth and yields and impose severe pressure on our land and water resources. The plant provides nutrition to the endophytes, while in return endophytes help in adaption to abiotic conditions like nutrients limitation, salination, and extreme pH, drought, temperature variation, and protection from pathogens, insects, and nematodes.

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