Abstract
Food security is a major issue in today’s era of exploding population, creating a huge pressure on agriculture to meet their demands. These extensive demands have led to excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which ultimately caused degradation of soil health, prompting an urgent need of implementing environment-friendly technologies for their restoration. Utilization of beneficial fungi in the agricultural sector is highly suitable as it can aid in the sustainable management approach. Many fungi are well known to improve plant health and growth along with acting as a biocontrol agent. Additionally, they also participate in diverse physiological processes like uptake of mineral and water, photosynthesis, stomatal opening, and synthesis of biostimulants. These all help plants to cope with various abiotic and anthropogenic stresses. This chapter enlightens different beneficial aspects of fungi, its mechanisms, and varied interactions in restoring soil health, thus benefitting the agriculture sector as a whole.
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