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Endophytic microorganisms: a review on insect control and recent advances on tropical plants

Fungal endophytes residing in the internal tissues of living plants occur in almost every plant on earth from the arctic to the tropics. The endophyte–host relationship is described as a balanced symbiotic continuum ranging from mutualism through commensalism to parasitism. This overview will highlight selected aspects of endophyte diversity, host specificity, endophyte–host interaction and communication as well as regulation of secondary metabolite production with emphasis on advanced genomic methods and their role in improving our current knowledge of endophytic associations. Furthermore, the chemical potential of endophytic fungi for drug discovery will be discussed with focus on the detection of pharmaceutically valuable plant constituents as products of fungal biosynthesis. In addition, selected examples of bioactive metabolites reported in recent years (2008–2010) from fungal endophytes residing in terrestrial plants are presented grouped according to their reported biological activities.

Fungal endophytes: unique plant inhabitants with great promises

The genus Cladosporium

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Entomopathogenic fungal endophytes

Recent developments and future prospects of antimicrobial metabolites produced by endophytes.

Endophytic fungi were isolated from leaves of Rhizophora apiculata Bl. and Rhizophora mucronata Lamk., two typical mangrove plants growing in the Pichavaram mangrove of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. ...

Foliar fungal endophytes from two species of the mangrove Rhizophora

Endophytes assemblages in young mature and senescent leaves of Rhizophora apiculata : evidence for the role of endophytes in mangrove litter degradation

Occurrence and distribution of endophytic fungi in a mangrove community

Endophytic fungi of some halophytes from an estuarine mangrove forest

Mature leaves of 224 angiosperm plant species belonging to 60 families and growing in Andaman Islands,and the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were sampled for the presence of endophytic fungi. Fungal genera such as Alternaria, Arthrinium, Aureobasidium, Chaetomium, Cladosporium, Glomerella/ Colletotrichum, Drechslera, Fusarium, Fusicoccum,Lasiodiplodia, Paecilomyces, Pestalotiopsis, Phoma,Diaporthe/Phomopsis, Guignardia/Phyllosticta, Sporormiella and Xylaria showed an isolation frequency of 5% or more. Species of Colletotrichum, Phyllosticta,Phomopsis and Xylaria occurred as endophytes in the leaves of many plant hosts including those that were taxonomically not closely related. The need to address the broad host range of some genera of fungal endophytes is discussed

V. Kumaresan

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Foliar fungal endophytes from two species of the mangrove Rhizophora

Endophytes assemblages in young mature and senescent leaves of Rhizophora apiculata : evidence for the role of endophytes in mangrove litter degradation

Occurrence and distribution of endophytic fungi in a mangrove community

Endophytic fungi of some halophytes from an estuarine mangrove forest

The host range of multi-host endophytic fungi