Research Progress of Endophytic Fungi and Their Secondary Metabolites
Endophytes,after the long-term co-evolution with host plants,have become an important part of ecosystem within the plants and have significant effects on physiological and biochemical behavior such as plant growth and development,nutrition absorption,responses to stress as well as secondary metabolites production.Using endophytes and their secondary metabolites in agriculture could promote crop growth and increase the stress resistance of plants.Thus endophytes and their secondary metabolites have great research significance and application value for agricultural production.In this paper,recent advances in the physiological functions of endophytes and their secondary metabolites and their applications in agriculture were reviewed.Also the future research emphases as well as the application prospect of endophytes and their secondary metabolites were discussed.