Forest structure and fungal endophytes

Editorial special issue: soil, plants and endophytes

“…However, interactions between fungal endophytes and plants are variable and range from antagonistic to mutualistic depending on morphological and chemotypic adaptations, and life history traits of the fungus and the host plant (Saikkonen et al 1998(Saikkonen et al , 2004. For example, systemic and vertically, via host seeds, transmitted Epichloë species and their grass hosts appears to have a higher probability of mutualistic interactions than nonsystemic, horizontally transmitted endophytes in herbs, woody plants and grasses (Saikkonen 2007;Saikkonen et al 1998). Ecological observations demonstrate that Epichloë species can promote plant growth, reproduction and resistance to various a/biotic stresses, and defensive mutualisms against herbivores and pathogens.…”

Isolation of peat swamp forest foliar endophyte fungi as biofertilizer

“…We assumed, soil water content play role in foliar endophyte colonization. This assumption was linearly with study result by Saikkonen (2007), which shown that colonization percentage increasing linear with soil water content. Colonization percentage may affected by some factor, which were leaf chemical content and leaf water content (Lau, Arnold, and Johnson, 2013).…”

“…Colonization percentage may affected by some factor, which were leaf chemical content and leaf water content (Lau, Arnold, and Johnson, 2013). In addition, Saikkonen (2007) also mentioned that the habitat fragmentation significantly reduced the foliar endophyte colonization. This result may reflected that foliar endophyte have strong relationship with many factor that related to forest sustainability.…”

Diversity studies on the endophytic fungi of Vitex negundo L.

“…The composition of the fungal community usually differs between host species (Saikkonen 2007), among the geographically separated individuals of the same host species (Collado et al 1999), and also within the tissue or organs of a host plant (Kumar & Hyde 2004). Variation in the diversity of fungi may also be associated with location, climate and plant age (Petrini 1991, Asai et al 1998.…”

“…These represent a virtually untapped source of chemical reservoir that finds use in agriculture and therapeutics. Sampling and characterization of fungal endophyte diversity is an emerging challenge, which leads to the discovery of new species producing novel compounds and a better understanding of their role in ecosystems (Saikkonen 2007, Rodriguez et al 2009). …”