Diversity of foliar endophytic fungi from the medicinal plant Sapindus saponaria L . and their localization by scanning electron microscopy

Endophytic fungi inhabit vegetable tissues or organs, without causing them any harm. Endophytes can co-evolve with plant hosts and possess species-specific interactions. They can protect the plant from insect attacks and diseases, and are also able to produce substances of biotechnological interest....

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Main Authors: Adriana García, Sandro A Rhoden, Celso J Rubin Filho, Celso V Nakamura, João A Pamphile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:Biological Research
Subjects:
SEM
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602012000200006