Table 1.

Endophytic fungi applied to enhance the abiotic stress tolerance of plants.

Patent No.	Endophyte	Host 1	Patent Application	Ref.
CN104762216A	Arthrinium sp.	Salicornia bigelovii	Plant anti-salt stress.	[65]
WO2004000017A2	Curvularia sp.	Dichanthelium languinosum	Conferring stress tolerance to inoculated plants (monocots and dicots).	[66]
WO2009012480A2	Fusarium sp.	Leymus mollis	Conferring stress tolerance to inoculated plants (monocots and dicots).	[67]
CN105296359A	Lecanicillium sp.	Tobacco	Reducing the absorption of heavy metals in tobacco.	[58]
CN101314760A	Neotyphodium chisosum	Festuca arundinacea	Improving the stress tolerance to drought and diseases.	[68]
CN104004665A	Papulospora sp.	Fir roots	Relieving phosphorus stress in fir.	[43]
CN105002099A	Paraconiothyrium cyclothyrioides	Myricaria root	Reducing heavy metal pollution in plants.	[69]
CN101974437A	Penicillium sp.	Eucalyptus	Relieving aluminum toxicity in Eucalyptus.	[30]
CN102002463A	Penicillium sp.	Eucalyptus roots, stems, and leaves	Improving the cold resistance of Eucalyptus.	[28]
CN103865806A	Phialophora oryzae	Not disclosed	Reducing the absorption of heavy metals in tobacco	[57]
CN107926549A	Piriformospora indica	Not disclosed	Improving the resistance of plants to the herbicide bensulfuron-methyl.	[70]
CN103834578A	Pyrenochaeta sp.	Tobacco	Promoting plant growth and reducing the heavy metal content in tobacco.	[55]
CN105316240A	Rhizopycnis sp.	Tobacco	Reducing the absorption of heavy metals in tobacco.	[56]
US20150366217A1	Group of several fungi 2	Roots of Triticum turgidum L.	Improving seed vitality, biotic and abiotic stress resistance, and plant health and yield under both stressed and unstressed environmental conditions.	[71]

¹ Some patents just provided a common name for the host organism. ² A list of the group of fungi is in Table S1.