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The Host Range of Multi-Host Endophytic Fungi


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1 Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology, RKM Vidyapith, Chennai 600 004, India
2 Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Presidency College, Chennai 600 005, India
3 Department of Botany, Government Arts College for Men, Nandanam, Chennai 600 035, India
4 Department of Botany, Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Post Graduate Studies, Puducherry 605 008, India
5 Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576 104, India
6 PG & Research Department of Botany, RKM Vivekananda College, Chennai 600 004, India
7 Department of Botany, Mannai Rajagopalaswamy Government Arts College, Thanjavur 614 001, India
 

Mature leaves of 224 angiosperm plant species belonging to 60 families and growing in Andaman Islands, and the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were sampled for the presence of endophytic fungi. Fungal genera such as Alternaria, Arthrinium, Aureobasidium, Chaetomium, Cladosporium, Glomerella/ Colletotrichum, Drechslera, Fusarium, Fusicoccum, Lasiodiplodia, Paecilomyces, Pestalotiopsis, Phoma, Diaporthe/Phomopsis, Guignardia/Phyllosticta, Sporormiella and Xylaria showed an isolation frequency of 5% or more. Species of Colletotrichum, Phyllosticta, Phomopsis and Xylaria occurred as endophytes in the leaves of many plant hosts including those that were taxonomically not closely related. The need to address the broad host range of some genera of fungal endophytes is discussed.

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Diversity, Foliar Endophytes, Fungal Endophytes, Mutualism.
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Authors

T. S. Suryanarayanan
Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology, RKM Vidyapith, Chennai 600 004, India
P. T. Devarajan
Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Presidency College, Chennai 600 005, India
K. P. Girivasan
Department of Botany, Government Arts College for Men, Nandanam, Chennai 600 035, India
M. B. Govindarajulu
Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology, RKM Vidyapith, Chennai 600 004, India
V. Kumaresan
Department of Botany, Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Post Graduate Studies, Puducherry 605 008, India
T. S. Murali
Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576 104, India
T. Rajamani
PG & Research Department of Botany, RKM Vivekananda College, Chennai 600 004, India
N. Thirunavukkarasu
PG & Research Department of Botany, RKM Vivekananda College, Chennai 600 004, India
G. Venkatesan
Department of Botany, Mannai Rajagopalaswamy Government Arts College, Thanjavur 614 001, India

Abstract


Mature leaves of 224 angiosperm plant species belonging to 60 families and growing in Andaman Islands, and the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were sampled for the presence of endophytic fungi. Fungal genera such as Alternaria, Arthrinium, Aureobasidium, Chaetomium, Cladosporium, Glomerella/ Colletotrichum, Drechslera, Fusarium, Fusicoccum, Lasiodiplodia, Paecilomyces, Pestalotiopsis, Phoma, Diaporthe/Phomopsis, Guignardia/Phyllosticta, Sporormiella and Xylaria showed an isolation frequency of 5% or more. Species of Colletotrichum, Phyllosticta, Phomopsis and Xylaria occurred as endophytes in the leaves of many plant hosts including those that were taxonomically not closely related. The need to address the broad host range of some genera of fungal endophytes is discussed.

Keywords


Diversity, Foliar Endophytes, Fungal Endophytes, Mutualism.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi10%2F1963-1969