Exploring Endophytic Fungi as Natural Antagonists against Fungal Pathogens of Food Crops

Journal of Fungi, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(9), P. 606 - 606

Published: Aug. 26, 2024

The yield and quality of cultivated food crops are frequently compromised by the prevalent threat from fungal pathogens that can cause widespread damage in both pre-harvest post-harvest stages. This paper investigates challenges posed to sustainability essential crops, leading significant economic security repercussions. critiques long-standing reliance on synthetic fungicides, emphasizing environmental health concerns arising their occasionally inappropriate use. In response, explores potential biological control agents, specifically endophytic fungi advancing sustainable agricultural practices. Through diverse symbiotic relationships with host plants, these exhibit strong antagonistic capabilities against phytopathogenic producing various bioactive compounds promoting plant growth. review elaborates direct indirect mechanisms antagonism, such as antibiosis, mycoparasitism, induction resistance, competition for resources, which collectively contribute inhibiting pathogenic consolidates crucial role fungi, i.e.,

Language: Английский

Mycobiome: an underexplored kingdom in cancer

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 14, 2025

SUMMARY The human microbiome, including bacteria, fungi, archaea, and viruses, is intimately linked to both health disease. relationship between bacteria disease has received much attention intensive investigation, while that of the fungal also known as mycobiome, lagged far behind bacteria. There growing evidence showing mycobiome dysbiosis in cancer patients, certain cancer-specific fungi may contribute progression by interacting with host It was demonstrated role fungi-derived products should not be underestimated. Therefore, investigating how pathogenesis contributes onset spread would yield crucial information for diagnosis, prevention, anti-cancer therapy.

Language: Английский