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Editorial
. 2022 Sep 3;10(9):1777.
doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10091777.

Endophytes: Improving Plant Performance

Camilla Fagorzi  1 , Alessio Mengoni  1
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Editorial

Endophytes: Improving Plant Performance

Camilla Fagorzi et al. Microorganisms. .

Abstract

Endophytes represent microorganisms that reside within plant tissues, without typically causing adverse effects to the plants, for a substantial part of their life cycle, and are primarily known for their beneficial role to their host plant [...].

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Number of entries by year (starting from 1975) present in PubMed database. Searches with keyword “Endophytes”, “Fungal Endophytes” and “Bacterial Endophytes” are shown.
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