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Fungal endophytes in five medicinal plant species from Kudremukh Range, Western Ghats of India
Author(s) -
Raviraja N. S.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of basic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0233-111X
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.200410514
Subject(s) - biology , plant use of endophytic fungi in defense , botany , colonization , bark (sound) , species richness , fusarium oxysporum , host (biology) , ecology
Eighteen species of endophytic fungi were isolated from bark, stem and leaf segments of five medicinal plant species growing within the Kudremukh range in the Western Ghats of India. The dominant endophytic fungal species isolated from these plant species were Curvularia clavata , C. lunata , C. pallescens and Fusarium oxysporum . The highest species richness as well as frequency of colonization of endophytic fungi was found in the leaf segments, rather than the stem and bark segments, of the host plant species. The greatest number of endophytic fungal species were found within Callicarpa tomentosa (11 species), whereas Lobelia nicotinifolia harbored the lowest number of fungal endophytes (5 species). This study provides evidence that fungal endophytes are host and tissue specific. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)