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TABLE 3.1 (Continued)

Type of Stress

Endophytes

Host Plant

Mechanism

References

Heavy metal

Staphylococcus

Brassica juncea

Enhanced arsenic reductase activity, increased phos-

Srivastava et al.

(As)

arlettae

phorus in soil

(2013)

Heavy metal

Neotyphodium

Rye grass

Reduced leaf expansion

Ren et al. (2006)

(Cd)

uncinatum

Heavy metal

Bacillus sp.

Sorghum bicolor

Accumulation of root tillers and biomass

Lata et al. (2018)

(Cd, Mn)

Heavy metal

Pseudomonas

Miscanthus sinensis

Induced antioxidant enzymes and limited transloca-

Babu et al. (2015)

(Cd, Pb, Zn, As)

koreensis

tion of Pb, Cd, and Zn

Osmotic

Pseudomonas sp.

Nicotiana tabaccum

Induced genes that helps to degrade starch

Sarma et al. (2011)