Endophytes of Forest Trees

Found in every plant species, the diversity of endophytic micro-organisms can be extremely high within different plant organs and tissue types. In trees, their ecological roles with respect to host tree can vary from latent pathogens or saprophytes to neutral commensalists and mutualists. Given their high diversity, and their bio-active nature, endophytes are currently being associated with a role in tree health against insect herbivores and fungal pathogens, as well as improving tree properties in phytoremediation. Meanwhile there is increasing interest in the potential of some tree endophytes as new sources of drug compounds.
The first book on tree endophytes in several years, and containing contributions from leading authors in the field, this book provides an important reference text for professional researchers and advanced students.

This is the first book on tree endophytes in several years. Covering a topic of increasing importance, it contains contributions from leading authors in the field that provide an important reference text for professional researchers and advanced students.

Contributions from leading authors in the fieldState-of-the-art on topic of increasing importanceFirst book on endophytes in several years

Editorial

Part I: Diversity of forest tree endophytes

1. Structure of Diversity in Dark Septate Endophytes: From Species to Genes
Christoph R. Grünig and Thomas N. Sieber

2. Diversity of Fungal Endophytes in Temperate Forest Trees
Martin Unterseher

3. The Holomorph Apiognomonia quercina / Discula quercina as a Pathogen/Endophyte in Oak
Salvatore Moricca and Alessandro Ragazzi

4. Diversity of Fungal Endophytes in Tropical Trees
Trichur S. Suryanarayanan

5. Tree Endophytes and Wood Biodegradation
Jaime Rodríguez, Juan Pedro Elissetche and Sofía Valenzuela

6. Diversity of Endophytic Bacteria in Forest Trees
Hironari Izumi

7. The Genomes of Endophytic Bacteria
A. Carolin Frank

Part II: Endophytes in tree growth promotion and stress tolerance

8. Endophytic Bacteria in Tree Shoot Tissues and Their Effects on Host
Anna Maria Pirttilä

9. Growth-Promoting Endophytic Fungi of Forest Trees
Sharon L. Doty

10. The endophytic Trichoderma hamatum Isolate DIS 219b Enhances Seedling Growth and Delays the Onset of Drought Stress in Theobroma cacao
Bryan A. Bailey, Hanhong Bae, Rachel Melnick and Jayne Crozier

Part III: Abiotic factors affecting endophyte diversity

11. Responses of Foliar Endophytes to Pollution
Marjo Helander, Salla-Riikka Vesterlund and Kari Saikkonen

12. Dark Septate Endophytes and Mycorrhizal Fungi of Trees Affected by Pollution
Matevz Likar

Part IV: Bacterial endophytes in phytoremediation

13. Improved Phytoremediation of Organic Contaminants through Engineering of Bacterial Endophytes of Trees
Safiyh Taghavi, Nele Weyens, Jaco Vangronsveld and Daniel van der Lelie

14. Endophyte-Assisted Phytoremediation of Explosives in Poplar Trees by Methylobacterium populi BJ001T
Benoit Van Aken, Rouzbeh Tehrani and Jerald Schnoor

Part V: The promise of endophytes in biocontrol of trees

15. Foliar Endophytes of Spruce Species Found in the Acadian Forest: Basis and Potential for Improving the Tolerance of the Forest to Spruce Budworm
J. David Miller

16. Endophytes in Forest Management: Four Challenges
George Newcombe

Part VI: Endophytes as sources of new drug compounds

17. Antimicrobial Compounds from Tree Endophytes
Anja Schueffler and Timm Anke

18. Potential of Tree Endophytes as Sources for New Drug Compounds
Mysore V. Tejesvi and Anna Maria Pirttilä

Index