Endophytic fungi of hazelnut (Corylus avellana)

Abstract

Results of a vast research activity carried out worldwide in the last decades have demonstrated that endophytic fungi hold a fundamental role in improving plant fitness based on their aptitudes as growth promoters and/or defensive mutualists. These properties may have applicative perspectives in crop production, particularly for tree species such as hazelnut (Corylus avellana), which is mostly cropped extensively in semi-natural contexts of highland regions throughout the temperate zones. The available data on the occurrence, ecological roles, and applications in biotechnology of endophytic fungi associated with hazelnuts are revised in this paper in view to provide a reference supporting future investigations and projects aimed at exploiting the potential of this component of the plant microbiome.

<i>Arcopilus aureus</i>: a valuable endophytic associate of hazelnut

“…Some clues of the capacity to spread horizontally within heterogeneous ecological contexts portend an even wider and more pervasive occurrence, which stimulates further insights aiming at a more thorough assessment of its symbiotic interactions with the host. e present paper represents the first report of the endophytic association of A. aureus with C. avellana, as inferable from the previous reports summarized in our recent review on endophytic fungi of this plant (Nicoletti & Zimowska, 2023). Indeed, the obtainable data on the occurrence and functions of endophytic fungi of hazelnut are scanty, and a good part of them refers to countries outside the European Union, such as China and Iran.…”

Naphthoquinone Derivatives from Angustimassarina populi CF-097565 Display Anti-Tumour Activity in 3D Cultures of Breast Cancer Cells

“…This genus, Angustimassarina, was introduced by Thambugala et al in 2015 [12] to accommodate three species, being A. populi the type species. To date, thirteen species have been listed in the index fungorum (https://www.indexfungorum.org, accessed on 20 November 2023), all of them isolated as endophytes or epiphytes from different plant species [13][14][15][16]. Up to now, no specialized metabolites have been described from any of the members of this genus.…”