TY - BOOK ID - 46328091 TI - Endophytes and Secondary Metabolites PY - 2019 SN - 3319904841 3319904833 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Biotechnology. KW - Microbiology. KW - Biochemistry. KW - Agriculture. KW - Medicinal Chemistry. KW - Plant Biochemistry. KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Biological chemistry KW - Chemical composition of organisms KW - Organisms KW - Physiological chemistry KW - Biology KW - Chemistry KW - Medical sciences KW - Microbial biology KW - Microorganisms KW - Chemical engineering KW - Genetic engineering KW - Composition KW - Endophytes. KW - Plants KW - Medicinal chemistry. KW - Plant biochemistry. KW - Phytochemistry KW - Plant biochemistry KW - Plant chemistry KW - Biochemistry KW - Botany KW - Phytochemicals KW - Plant biochemical genetics KW - Chemistry, Medical and pharmaceutical KW - Chemistry, Pharmaceutical KW - Drug chemistry KW - Drugs KW - Medical chemistry KW - Medicinal chemistry KW - Pharmacochemistry KW - Botanical chemistry. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46328091 AB - This reference work presents an authoritative review of endophytes and their applications to human welfare. Endophytes have become a class of interesting and curious microorganisms due to their intimate intra- and intercellular association with plants for competence, survival and reproduction. They can be bacteria or fungi, and they are usually non-pathogenic to their host. Endophytes have important applications in agriculture and industry, namely, they can help with plant growth, act as biocontrol agents and biosurfactant and secondary metabolite producers, and they are also rich sources of bioactive natural products. Novel and beneficial effects of endophytes are constantly emerging, and this book, divided into four sections, provides readers with the latest developments in this fast expanding field. In the first section, readers will discover the biology of the major groups of endophytes, followed by a summary of conventional and molecular tools for endophytes’ identification in Section II. The production of high-value metabolites by endophytes will be explored in the third section of this book, and in the final section, readers will find several case studies, examples and prospects for endophytes’ application in agriculture and industry. Written by leading international authors, this reference work will appeal to a wide readership, from students and researchers in the field of botany, biotechnology and agriculture to professionals interested in the production and applications of endophytic metabolites. ER -