Karrikinolide is a bicyclic, heteroatomic organic compound found in smoke. Smoke contains aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorine compounds and aldehydes that may be responsible in reducing the infestation of endophytic fungi to a certain extent, as these smoke compounds show similar chemical structures to those of known fungicidal compounds.
You are right Subhpriya, I too feel so since I feel endophytes are simply the better version of rhizosphere microbes
It is possible that the compound mimics synthetic or natural fungicides but a direct grip on endophytes may only happened in the long run with probably more toxic outcome on the host plant. While my basic mycology intellect disagrees with the comparison between endophytes and rhizophere by Anoop KS, this no doubt is worthy of closer investigation.
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