“…The types and quantity of endophytes vary throughout plant tissues, with roots in soil often being heavily colonized and young actively growing shoots possessing fewer endophytes (Wang et al, 2016 ; Gómez‐Lama Cabanás et al, 2021 ). In many cases, endophytes are believed to have positive effects on the plant, including assisting with nutrient acquisition, nitrogen fixation and phosphate solubilization, phytohormone and siderophore modulation and production, protection against abiotic stresses, and phytopathogen control (Dubois et al, 2004 ; Hardoim et al, 2008 , 2015 ; Reinhold‐Hurek and Hurek, 2011 ; Liaqat and Eltem, 2016 ; Rajamanickam et al, 2018 ; Proboningrum et al, 2019 ; Acuña‐Rodríguez et al, 2020 ; Kanani et al, 2020 ; Jiang et al, 2021 ). Some studies have shown that introducing endophytic bacteria is beneficial for both plant field performance and growth in in vitro culture systems (Murthy et al, 1999 ; Khan and Doty, 2009 ; Pohjanen et al, 2014 ; Quambusch et al, 2016 ; Patle et al, 2018 ), indicating a synergistic effect for these plant–endophyte interactions.…”