Endophytes of Forest Trees : Biology and Applications / edited by Anna Maria Pirttilä, A. Carolin Frank.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pirttilä, Anna Maria, editor.

Frank, A. Carolin, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Forestry sciences 0924-5480 ; 86.

Forestry Sciences, 0924-5480 ; 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trees.

Microbial ecology.

Biochemistry.

Biodiversity.

Tree Biology.

Microbial Ecology.

Plant Biochemistry.

Local Subjects:

Tree Biology.

Microbial Ecology.

Plant Biochemistry.

Biodiversity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 462 pages) : 54 illustrations, 25 illustrations in color.

Edition:

Second edition 2018.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

System Details:

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Summary:

Endophytes are commonly known as microorganisms, mainly bacteria and fungi, which live inside plant tissues without inducing symptoms. Since the first volume, endophytes have increasingly been shown crucial in the life-style of their hosts. Considering the long-lived trees, endophytes have an even more emphasized role in preparing their hosts to face extreme weather conditions, drought, heat, cold, and pathogen and herbivore attacks. In our changing world, forests are especially important in buffering Earth's climate, acting as carbon sinks and producing oxygen. The tiny but extremely diverse companions of trees, endophytes, play an essential part in their health. The current knowledge clearly demonstrates the importance of endophytes in shaping the plant diversity in a forest, and endophytes have an important and, still underutilized capacity for biocontrol of forest diseases. In this second volume of 'Forest Tree Endophytes', besides interesting updates on the diversity, host specificity, and mechanisms by which endophytes induce growth and health of their hosts, we have collected chapters focusing on the role of endophytes in forest health, diseases and their biocontrol. Considering endophyte diversity and the range of various compounds and enzymes they can produce, endophytes can be used for various biotechnological applications. The widely understudied and underutilized diversity of bioactive compounds of forest endophytes is discussed in updated chapters. .

Contents:

Preface

Endophyte diversity in trees

1. Endophytic Yeasts: Biology, Ecology and Applications; Pierre M. Joubert, Sharon Lafferty Doty

2. Dimensions of Host Specificity in Foliar Fungal Endophytes; Austen Apigo, Ryoko Oono

3. Diversity of Endophytes in Tropical Forests; Sudipta Roy, Debdulal Banerjee

4. Tree endophytes: Cryptic drivers of tropical forest diversity; Eric A. Griffin, Walter P. Carson

5. Dark Septate Endophytes (DSE) in Boreal and Subarctic Forests; Anna Liisa Ruotsalainen

6. Dark Septate Endophytes and Mycorrhizal Fungi of Trees Affected by Metal Pollution; Matevž Likar

Interaction of endophytes with tree host

7. The Genomes of Endophytic Bacteria; A. Carolin Frank

8. Endophytic Bacteria in Tree Shoot Tissues and Their Effects on Host; Anna Maria Pirttilä

9. Nitrogen fixing endophytes in forest trees; Rómulo Oses et al

A thin line between endophyte and pathogen

10. Epidemiological Investigations Shed Light on The Ecologal Role of The Endophyte Phomopsis quercina in Mediterranean Oak Forests; Salvatore Moricca et al

11. Dieback of European ash: What Can We Learn from the Microbial Community and Species-specific Traits of Endophytic Fungi Associated with Ash?; Ari M. Hietala et al

Endophytes in biocontrol of trees

12. Endophytes and forest health; Johanna Witzell, Juan A. Martin

13. Biocontrol Potential of Forest Tree Endophytes; Eeva Terhonen et al

14. Bacteria Inhabiting Wood of Roots and Stumps in Forest and Arable Soils; Katarzyna Kubiake et al

15. Toxigenic foliar endophytes from the Acadian Forest; Joey B. Tanney et al

Endophytes as sources of new drug compounds

16. Antimicrobial Compounds from Tree Endophytes; J. Fischer, A. Schüffler

17. Potential of Tree Endophytes as Sources for New Drug Compounds; Mysore V. Tejesvi, Anna Maria Pirttilä. .

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319898339

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