Piriformospora indica: A Novel Plant-growth-promoting Root Endophyte Fungus for Climate-resilient and Sustainable Agriculture
Navjot Kaur, Neeraj Rani, Rekha Bhandari, Chaitanya Thakur & Vani Mahindru · Journal of Advances in Microbiology · 2026
Piriformospora indica (reclassified as Serendipita indica) is an axenically culturable, root-colonizing endophytic fungus of the order Sebacinales, originally isolated from the rhizosphere of woody shrubs in the Thar Desert, India. Unlike obligate arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, P....
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10.9734/jamb/2026/v26i101199