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Culturable Endophytic Fungal Communities Associated with Cereal Crops and Their Role in Plant Growth Promotion

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Plant Microbiomes for Sustainable Agriculture

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Many microorganisms are known to live in association with plants. Endophytes are the microorganisms that live in the internal tissues of plants. Endophytic fungi hold great importance for the roles that they play in association with the host plants. Endophytes are known to promote the growth of the host plants by various activities such as detoxification of toxic compounds, protection against pathogens, and production of plant growth promoting hormones. Many biotechnologically important metabolites are also produced by endophytes such as anticancer and antimicrobial compounds. There is a rich diversity of endophytes that needs to be explored for biotechnological purposes. This chapter focuses on the endophytic fungi of cereal crops and the roles they play.

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Saleem, H., Mohsin, H., Tanvir, R., Rehman, Y. (2020). Culturable Endophytic Fungal Communities Associated with Cereal Crops and Their Role in Plant Growth Promotion. In: Yadav, A., Singh, J., Rastegari, A., Yadav, N. (eds) Plant Microbiomes for Sustainable Agriculture. Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38453-1_2

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