Table 2.

List of P-solubilizing NF and related benefits in agricultural crops.

P-Solubilizing Species	Crop	Plant Benefits	Reference
Geomyces pannorum, Paecilomyces carneus	Avena sativa	Increase availability of phosphorus in the soil and mitigate phytoparasitic nematodes	[106]
Duddingtonia flagrans Pochonia chlamydosporia	Soy bean and tomato	Reductions in the number of eggs and galls per gram of root and increased nutrient content in roots	[2,3]
Pochonia chlamydosporia	Tomato	Increase in secondary roots and increase in the total weight root of seedlings Reduction in flowering and fruiting times and greater weight of mature fruits	[62]
P. chlamydosporia	Maize Cowpea	Promoting root growth	[107]
Purpureocillium lilacinum Purpureocillium lavendulum Metarhizium marquandii	Maize Beans Soy bean	Plant growth promotion and availability of P and N	[104]
Purpureocillium lilacinum	Tomato	Plant growth promotion and phosphorus solubilization	[69]
Pleurotus ostreatus	Maize	Increase in root and shoot lengths, fresh and dry root weights, fresh and dry shoot weights, chlorophyll content, and nutrient uptake	[71]
Trichoderma, Purpureocillium	Banana	Active production of indole-3-acetic acid IAA and solubilize insoluble phosphate	[99]
Trichoderma	Soy bean	Plant growth promotion increase of P uptake efficiency	[82,87]
Aspergillus niger, A. fumigatus, Penicillium pinophilum	Wheat and faba bean	Yield of wheat grains and faba bean seed production	[108]
Penicillium oxalicum	Wheat and maize	Replace chemical fertilizer in alkaline soils. Improved crop production	[101]
Penicillium sp. Penicillium oxalicum	Maize	Increased uptake of P by plants and increased availability of P in soil	[100]
Penicillium sp. Aspergillus foetidus	Sorghum bicolor L.	P uptake and increased growth	[109]
Penicillium expansum, Mucor ramosissimus, Candida krissii	Wheat	Plant growth promotion, P available in soil, and P absorption	[79]
Penicillium oxalicum	Rapeseed	Solubilize inorganic P and mineralize organic P	[110]
Mortierella capitata	Maize	Increased biomass, chlorophyll, and gibberellic acid	[111]
Mortierella sp.	Avocado	Plant growth promotion and P uptake	[112]