Abstract
Diverse groups of endophytic fungi are known to inhabit plant roots. These endophytic fungi interact with the plant roots symbiotically carrying out functions important for the plant’s life. They impart health benefits to the plant, e.g., growth promotion, increase in productivity, and fitness benefits, e.g., biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. These fungi help in nutrient acquisition by the roots and also interact with other microflora in the rhizosphere. In this chapter, we discuss a case study where the pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) seeds were treated with fungal endophytes isolated from the roots of the vegetation from Bhuj, a salt desert in India, in combination with a known endophytic fungus, Piriformospora indica.
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