Abstract
Root-inhabiting Piriformospora indica has a great potential application in the pursuit of physiological and agronomical functional traits for crop improvement. P. indica imitates the aptitude of typical arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in numerous realistic growth promotional aspects. Owing its exceptional advantage to be cultivated axenically, P. indica is often used as bioregulator, biofertilizer and bioprotector in many crop species. A large set of published papers suggested the paramount importance and biology behind the P. indica exploitation as biological agents in agriculture sector to improve water absorption, mineral uptake, photosynthesis, plant growth and development and crop fitness. This review will highlight the P. indica mediated improved biomass, seed germination and development and crop productivity under favourable environmental conditions and its efficacy towards crop sustainability in rapid environmental changes.
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