Table of Contents

1. Structure of Diversity in Dark Septate Endophytes: From Species to Genes; C.R. Grünig, T.N. Sieber.- 2. Diversity of Fungal Endophytes in Temperate Forest Trees; M. Unterseher.- 3. The Holomorph Apiognomonia quercina/Discula quercina as a Pathogen/Endophyte in Oak; S. Moricca, A. Ragazzi.- 4. Diversity of Fungal Endophytes in Tropical Trees; T.S. Suryanarayanan.- 5. Tree Endophytes and Wood Biodegradation; J. Rodríguez et al.- 6. Diversity of Endophytic Bacteria in Forest Trees; H. Izumi.- 7. The Genomes of Endophytic Bacteria; A.C. Frank.- 8. Endophytic Bacteria in Tree Shoot Tissues and Their Effects on Host; A.M. Pirttilä.- 9. Growth-Promoting Endophytic Fungi of Forest Trees; S.L. Doty.- 10. The endophytic Trichoderma hamatum Isolate DIS 219b Enhances Seedling Growth and Delays the Onset of Drought Stress in Theobroma cacao; B.A. Bailey et al.- 11. Responses of Foliar Endophytes to Pollution; M. Helander et al.- 12. Dark Septate Endophytes and Mycorrhizal Fungi of Trees Affected by Pollution; M. Likar.- 13. Improved Phytoremediation of Organic Contaminants through Engineering of Bacterial Endophytes of Trees; S. Taghavi et al.- 14. Endophyte-Assisted Phytoremediation of Explosives in Poplar Trees by Methylobacterium populi BJ001T; B. Van Aken et al.- 15. Foliar Endophytes of Spruce Species Found in the Acadian Forest: Basis and Potential for Improving the Tolerance of the Forest to Spruce Budworm; J.D. Miller.- 16. Endophytes in Forest Management: Four Challenges; G. Newcombe.- 17. Antimicrobial Compounds from Tree Endophytes; A. Schueffler, T. Anke.- 18. Potential of TreeEndophytes as Sources for New Drug Compounds; M.V. Tejesvi, A.M. Pirttilä.