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Research advances in colonization of endophytes and their role in promoting plant growth and minimizing organic pollution in crop plants: Part I: Colonization and plant growth promotion
Received:November 10, 2021  
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KeyWord:endophyte;crop plant;colonization;growth promoting;green agriculture
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ZHANG Fei Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China  
FENG Naixian Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China nxfeng@jnu.edu.cn 
BIN Hui Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China  
LI Yanwen Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China  
ZHAO Haiming Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China  
XIANG Lei Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China  
CAI Quanying Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China  
MO Cehui Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China tchmo@jnu.edu.cn 
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Abstract:
      The problems of soil pollution and degradation are becoming increasingly prominent with the rapid development of social economy. Endophytic bacteria provide competitive advantages in promoting plant growth, enabling adaption of plant to environmental stress, and preserving plant health, as well as reducing the accumulation of organic pollutants in plant tissues. Endophytic bacteria have become a research hotspot in the field of micro-ecosystem. The efficient utilization of contaminated soils to produce safe agricultural products, by using functional endophytes to develop related products and technologies is of great significance. Thus, we summarize the topic through a series of literature review papers. Part Ⅰ of these serial review papers emphases on the origins, colonization pathways of endophytic microorganisms and related influencing factors, plant-growth promoting properties as well as the mechanisms of plant growth promotion. In addition, this paper specifies the gaps in current research of the interactions between endophytic bacteria and host plants, and suggests the directions for future studies. Subsequently, part Ⅱ of the serial review papers focuses on the mechanisms adopted by endophytes for reducing organic pollution in crop plants.