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Agriculturally Important Fungi: Plant–Microbe Association for Mutual Benefits

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Agriculturally Important Fungi for Sustainable Agriculture

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Abstract

Plants and microbes are the important components of ecosystem, and their interactions help in regulating the biogeochemical cycle in the environment. Plant-associated microorganisms include bacteria, fungi, viruses, and some algae. These microbes use host plants for their growth, colonization, and proliferation; however, they offer a variety of benefits to the hosts. These microbes are not harmful to the plants; however, they secrete some beneficial substances which may help in plant growth promotion, resistance to pathogenic microbes, removal of harmful contaminants, and production of secondary metabolites in relationship called mutualism that benefit to each other, also called positive reaction.

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Nouh, F.A.A., Abo Nahas, H.H., Abdel-Azeem, A.M. (2020). Agriculturally Important Fungi: Plant–Microbe Association for Mutual Benefits. In: Yadav, A., Mishra, S., Kour, D., Yadav, N., Kumar, A. (eds) Agriculturally Important Fungi for Sustainable Agriculture. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45971-0_1

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