Title:Endophytic Fungal Assemblages in Calophyllum and Garcinia spp. of Clusiaceae Family in Western Ghats, India
Volume: 1
Issue: 2
Author(s): Karmakar Ruma, Sekhar Shailasree, Kumara K.K. Sampath, Siddapura Ramachandrappa Niranjana and Harischandra Sripathy Prakash
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Keywords:
Clusiaceae, diversity, endophytic fungi, seasons, Western Ghats.
Abstract: A total of 596 fungal endophytes were isolated from ~2000 bark and twig samples of five medicinal plants
from Clusiaceae family of Western Ghats, India, during three seasons viz., rainy, winter and summer. The isolated
endophytes belonged to different fungal classes which were Ascomycetes (0.6%), Coelomycetes (19.3%), Hyphomycetes
(52.1%), Zygomycetes (1.3%) and Sterile mycelia (0.7%). The most frequently recovered endophytes were Pestalotiopsis
sp., Trichoderma sp., Myrothecium sp., Acremonium sp., Fusarium oxysporum and Aspergillus niger. A few other species
recovered were Aspergillus spp., Ascochyta sp., Botrytis cinera, Botryodiplodea theobromae, Chaetomium sp.,
Cladosporium sp., Colletotrichum spp., Fusarium spp., Morteirella sp., Nigrospora oryzae, Penicillium sp., Paecilomyces
sp., Phyllosticta sp. and Verticillium sp. Endophytes recovery was significantly more during the rainy season than winter
and summer seasons.