SynthesisThe New phytologist2019
Meta-analysis of the role of entomopathogenic and unspecialized fungal endophytes as plant bodyguards.
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- Assessment of Beauveria bassiana as an endophyte of maize and its effects on plant growth.PloS one · 2026Article
- Plant-aphid interactions: recent trends in plant resistance to aphids.Stress biology · 2025Review
- Fusarium citri as an entomopathogenic fungus mediating plant resistance against insect pests and phytopathogens.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The PKS-NRPS GeneJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Fungal Endophyte Alters Poplar Leaf Chemistry, Deters Insect Feeding and Shapes Insect Community Assembly.Ecology letters · 2025Article
- Glyphosate-microbial interactions: metagenomic insights and future directions.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Can fungal endophytes suppressFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Bacterial and fungal root endophytes alter survival, growth, and resistance to grazing in a foundation plant species.Oecologia · 2024Article
- Compatibility of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) and the Predatory Coccinellid Menochilus sexmaculatus (Col.: Coccinellidae) for Controlling Aphis gossypii (Hem.: Aphididae).Neotropical entomology · 2024Article
- Insect-microbe interactions and their influence on organisms and ecosystems.Ecology and evolution · 2024Review
- Fungi beyond limits: The agricultural promise of extremophiles.Microbial biotechnology · 2024Review
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- EndophyticJournal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2023Article
- Biostimulant and Bioinsecticidal Effect of Coating Cotton Seeds with EndophyticMicroorganisms · 2023Article
- Entomopathogenic Strains of the Fungus Purpureocillium lilacinum Damage the Fungus Cultivar of Pest Leaf-Cutter Ants.Neotropical entomology · 2023Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Herbaceous plants harbour species-rich communities of asymptomatic endophytic fungi. Although some of these endophytes are entomopathogenic, many are not, and remarkably little is known about how the presence of these fungi in plant tissues affects phytophagous insects. Here we show through a meta-analysis that both entomopathogenic and nonentomopathogenic endophytes have a negative effect on insect herbivores. Growth and performance of polyphagous and sucking insects are reduced by nonentomopathogenic endophytes, but monophages are unaffected, likely because the latter are better adapted to secondary metabolites produced or induced by the fungi. Furthermore, studies using excised leaves report weaker effects than those with intact plants, likely caused by chemical changes being masked by leaf excision. Most surprisingly, endophyte infection of seeds produces the greatest effect on insect herbivores in subsequent mature plants, even though the usual mode of fungal transmission is infection of leaves by airborne spores. We conclude that these ubiquitous hidden fungi may be important bodyguards of plants. However, in order to fully understand their roles in plant protection, we must be aware that minor differences in experimental design can lead to contradictory results.
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