title: Exploitation of endophytes for sustainable agricultural intensification.
abstract: Intensive agriculture, which depends on unsustainable levels of agrochemical inputs, is environmentally harmful, and the expansion of these practices to meet future needs is not economically feasible. Other options should be considered to meet the global food security challenge. The plant microbiome has been linked to improved plant productivity and, in this microreview, we consider the endosphere - a subdivision of the plant microbiome. We suggest a new definition of microbial endophyte status, the need for synergy between fungal and bacterial endophyte research efforts, as well as potential strategies for endophyte application to agricultural systems.
authors: Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX202SB, UK.
authors: Kate
authors: K
authors: Le Cocq
authors: Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX202SB, UK.|Department of Biosciences, Geoffrey Pope Building, University of Exeter, Exeter EX44QD, UK.
authors: Sarah J
authors: SJ
authors: Gurr
authors: Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL52JQ, UK.
authors: Penny R
authors: PR
authors: Hirsch
authors: Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL52JQ, UK.
authors: Tim H
authors: TH
authors: Mauchline
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology; D060026:Endophytes / Q000502:physiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D064307:Microbiota
keywords: agriculture; bacterial endophytes; fungal endophytes; sustainable intensification