Table 1.
Some examples of class I fungal endophytes that conferred abiotic stress tolerance
| Fungal endophyte/species/strain | Abiotic stress | Host plant/cultivar | Reference |
| Festuca pratensis | Malinowski, et al. 1997105 | ||
| Neotyphodium sp. | Drought | Perennial Ryegrass | Barker, et al. 1997250 |
| F. arizonica | Morse, et al. 2002237 | ||
| N. lolii | Drought | Perennial Ryegrass | Latch, et al. 198599 and Ravel, et al. 199794 |
| N. coenophialum | Drought/Water Stress | Tall fescue | Belesky, et al. 198996 and de Battista, et al. 199097 |
| N. uncinatum | Water Stress | Meadow fescue | Malinowski, 1995241 |
| Acremonium sp. | Drought | Tall fescue | White, et al. 1992240 |
| Phialophora sp. | Drought | F. pratensis | Malinowski, et al. 1997105 |
| Curvularia protuberate | Heat | Dichanthelium lanuginosum | Redman, et al. 2002a14 |
| C. protuberate (Cp4666D) | Drought | D. lanuginosum | Rodriguez, et al. 200836 |
| Leymus mollis | |||
| Oryza sativa | |||
| Lycopersicon esculentum | |||
| C. protuberata | Heat | L. esculentum | Rodriguez, et al. 200836 |
| C. protuberata (CpMH206) | Drought | D. lanuginosum | Rodriguez, et al. 200836 |
| L. esculentum | |||
| C. protuberate (Cp4666D) | Drought | Triticum aestivum | Rodriguez, et al. 200836 |
| Watermelon | |||
| Curvularia sp. | Heat/Drought | L. esculentum | Rodriguez and Redman, 200829 |