Diversity of endophytic fungi associated with the medicinally important aromatic plant Gaultheria fragrantissima
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Microbial Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 793022
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Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005
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Department of Botany, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005
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Received:
06 September 2018
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27 September 2018
Published online:
02 October 2018
Studies in Fungi
3(1): 309−320(2018) |
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Abstract
A total of thirty three (33) endophytic fungi including sterile mycelia were isolated from the leaf, stem and roots of medicinally important aromatic plant Gaultheria fragrantissima. Majority of the fungi belonged to the phylum Ascomycota. The total percentage colonization frequency (% CF) of each endophytic fungal species was calculated of which Juxtiphoma eupyrena showed highest colonization frequency (20.14%) in the leaf whereas Globisporangium irregulare was found to have highest colonization frequency in the stem (14.58%) and in the roots, Trichoderma viride was observed to have the highest colonization frequency of 21.43%. Diversity of endophytic fungi in the roots was found to be higher as compared to the other plant tissues.
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P Sarma, MS Dkhar, H Kayang, M Kumar, NK Dubey, R Raghuwanshi. 2018. Diversity of endophytic fungi associated with the medicinally important aromatic plant Gaultheria fragrantissima. Studies in Fungi 3(1):309−320 doi: 10.5943/sif/3/1/31
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P Sarma, MS Dkhar, H Kayang, M Kumar, NK Dubey, R Raghuwanshi. 2018. Diversity of endophytic fungi associated with the medicinally important aromatic plant Gaultheria fragrantissima. Studies in Fungi 3(1):309−320 doi: 10.5943/sif/3/1/31
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