Fungal Genomics & Biology
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-8056
ISSN: 2165-8056
Biotechnology Research Center,Academy of Agricultural Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Prospect of Endophytic Fungal Entomopathogens for Pest Management
Author(s): Xin Zhao, Shuaishuai Huang, Zhibing Luo and Yongjun Zhang*
Endophytic fungal entomopathogens could offer a number of benefits to their host plants, which include protection
against the primary pests, resistance against microbial pathogens, stimulation of growth, or increase of heavy metal or
drought tolerance. However, all reports, so far, indicate that colonization of some plants by entomopathogenic fungi
seemly confer only certain benefits to their hosts or else only one parameter was examined. Our study underscores
the practicability of introduction of specific insect fungal pathogen strains into host plants as endophytes that could
simultaneously promote host plant growth and offer plant protection against microbial pathogens, and/or insect
pests, which highlights the prospect of endophytic fungal entomopathogens for pest management. Here, we further
commented on the study-involved issues and the factors that possibly.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2165-8056.21.11.171