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

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...

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Autores principales: Fontana, Daniele Cristina, de Paula, Samuel, Torres, Abel Galon, de Souza, Victor Hugo Moura, Pascholati, Sérgio Florentino, Schmidt, Denise, Dourado Neto, Durval
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8151296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34066672
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10050570
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author Fontana, Daniele Cristina
de Paula, Samuel
Torres, Abel Galon
de Souza, Victor Hugo Moura
Pascholati, Sérgio Florentino
Schmidt, Denise
Dourado Neto, Durval
author_facet Fontana, Daniele Cristina
de Paula, Samuel
Torres, Abel Galon
de Souza, Victor Hugo Moura
Pascholati, Sérgio Florentino
Schmidt, Denise
Dourado Neto, Durval
author_sort Fontana, Daniele Cristina
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-81512962021-05-27 Endophytic Fungi: Biological Control and Induced Resistance to Phytopathogens and Abiotic Stresses Fontana, Daniele Cristina de Paula, Samuel Torres, Abel Galon de Souza, Victor Hugo Moura Pascholati, Sérgio Florentino Schmidt, Denise Dourado Neto, Durval Pathogens Review 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. MDPI 2021-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8151296/ /pubmed/34066672 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10050570 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ).
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Fontana, Daniele Cristina
de Paula, Samuel
Torres, Abel Galon
de Souza, Victor Hugo Moura
Pascholati, Sérgio Florentino
Schmidt, Denise
Dourado Neto, Durval
Endophytic Fungi: Biological Control and Induced Resistance to Phytopathogens and Abiotic Stresses
title Endophytic Fungi: Biological Control and Induced Resistance to Phytopathogens and Abiotic Stresses
title_full Endophytic Fungi: Biological Control and Induced Resistance to Phytopathogens and Abiotic Stresses
title_fullStr Endophytic Fungi: Biological Control and Induced Resistance to Phytopathogens and Abiotic Stresses
title_full_unstemmed Endophytic Fungi: Biological Control and Induced Resistance to Phytopathogens and Abiotic Stresses
title_short Endophytic Fungi: Biological Control and Induced Resistance to Phytopathogens and Abiotic Stresses
title_sort endophytic fungi: biological control and induced resistance to phytopathogens and abiotic stresses
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8151296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34066672
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10050570
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