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Endophytic Fungi: Biological Control and Induced Resistance to Phytopathogens and Abiotic Stresses.

Daniele Cristina FontanaSamuel de PaulaAbel Galon TorresVictor Hugo Moura de SouzaSérgio Florentino PascholatiDenise SchmidtDurval Dourado Neto
Published in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
Plant diseases cause losses of approximately 16% globally. Thus, management measures must be implemented to mitigate losses and guarantee food production. In addition to traditional management measures, induced resistance and biological control have gained ground in agriculture due to their enormous potential. Endophytic fungi internally colonize plant tissues and have the potential to act as control agents, such as biological agents or elicitors in the process of induced resistance and in attenuating abiotic stresses. In this review, we list the mode of action of this group of microorganisms which can act in controlling plant diseases and describe several examples in which endophytes were able to reduce the damage caused by pathogens and adverse conditions. This is due to their arsenal of molecules generated during the interaction by which they form a kind of biological shield in the plant. Furthermore, considering that endophytic fungi can be an important tool in managing for biotic and abiotic stresses due to the large amount of biologically active substances produced, bioprospecting this class of microorganisms is tending to increase and generate valuable products for agriculture.
Keyphrases
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  • multidrug resistant
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  • plant growth
  • antimicrobial resistance