Cross-talk within plant niches: endophytic and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for sustainable crop production.

ABSTRACT: World agriculture depends in part on the crop-associated microbiome for improved plant growth, health, and productivity. In particular, endophytic fungi (EF) with plant growth-promoting activities fulfill some of these roles and are central as bioinoculant agents. In the case of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), they form a symbiosis with their host plants, enhancing the uptake of water, phosphorus, nitrogen, and other micronutrients, while the plants provide them with photosynthates. This work reviews the differences in the colonization of internal plant niches between these beneficial fungi, as well as other distinctive ecological traits. It also explores mechanisms of seedborne vertical transmission in AMF and their classification. Genomic and transcriptomic advances in fungal endophy

SUBMITTER: Orozco-Mosqueda MDC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12766460 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature