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Piriformospora indica: Biodiversity, Ecological Significances, and Biotechnological Applications for Agriculture and Allied Sectors

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Plant microbe interaction plays an important role in the growth and development of plants under different environmental conditions. Endophytic microbes frequently interact with plant root for its residence and form a symbiotic association with it. Exceptional endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica has the ability to form beneficial symbiotic association with the root of a wide range of plant species in varied environments and activate several growth promotion functions like improving nutrient status, increasing photosynthesis, modulating phytohormones, changing root architect, and activating defense mechanism against biotic stress as well as abiotic stress. Piriformospora indica acts as a biocontrol agent by acting as an elicitor for elicitation of defense response and activating multilevel defense mechanism against a wide range of plant pathogens. This fungus is ecologically very versatile and can help in survival of host plants under frequent varied environments.

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Jha, Y., Yadav, A.N. (2021). Piriformospora indica: Biodiversity, Ecological Significances, and Biotechnological Applications for Agriculture and Allied Sectors. In: Abdel-Azeem, A.M., Yadav, A.N., Yadav, N., Usmani, Z. (eds) Industrially Important Fungi for Sustainable Development. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67561-5_11

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