Title
Chemistry of Microbial Life in Phyllosphere: A Review
Authors
Fazal ur Rehman,*a Aftab Sultan,a Maria Kalsoom,b Muhammad Adnan,c Muhammad Asif Ilyas,a Qaisar Hayata and Gulfam yousafd
aDepartment of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
bInstitute of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
cDepartment of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
dDepartment of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
*Corresponding author E-mail address: fazalurrehman107@gmail.com (Fazal ur Rehman)
Article History
Publication details: Received: 24th November 2020; Revised: 28th December 2020; Accepted: 28th December 2020; Published: 08th January 2021
Cite this article
ur Rehman F.; Aftab Sultan; Kalsoom M.; Adnan M.; Ilyas M.A.; Hayat Q.; yousaf G. Chemistry of Microbial Life in Phyllosphere: A Review. Green Rep., 2021, 2(4), 1-8.
Abstract
The phyllosphere is associated with a diverse community of microorganisms. The association of phyllosphere microbes and host plant affects the both health and function of plant. The phyllosphere supports a huge diversity of microbes. Phyllospheric microbes mostly include bacteria and fungi, work as mutualists and promote the plant growth and make them tolerant to various environmental stresses. They use the plant as habitat for their own growth and reproduction. The little informations are known about the colonization of pathogenic and beneficial bacteria in the phyllosphere across the whole plant life-cycle which limits our abilities to understand the role of phyllospheric microbes in plant performance. The phyllosphere is actually the habitat of microbes provided by the aboveground parts of plants. It supports a large and complex microbial community on global scale. This review covers all information about the diversity, source, nature and composition of microbial life in phyllosphere.
Keywords
Phyllosphere; Phyllospheric Microbial Diversity; Endophytes; Epiphytes; Phyllospheric Microbial Composition