L-Asparaginase Activity of Fungal Endophytes from Tabernaemontana heyneana Wall. (Apocynaceae), Endemic to the Western Ghats (India)
Table 1
Colonization frequency of endophytic fungi from the plant parts of T. heyneana.
Endophytic fungi
Bark*
Twig*
Leaf*
Fruit*
Seed*
Total
DE (%)
Aspergillus candidus
—
—
—
4.5
—
9
14.07
Curvularia trifolii
—
—
—
—
18.5
37
28.90
Exophiala sp.
—
—
—
—
5.0
10
7.81
Fusarium oxysporum
19.5
—
—
—
—
39
61.90
Fusarium verticillioides
—
15.0
—
—
—
30
15.54
Fusarium graminearum
1.5
4.5
—
—
—
12
9.42
Fusarium sp.
1.5
—
—
—
—
3
4.76
Fusarium solani
—
—
—
—
39.5
79
61.71
Verticillium sp.
1.0
—
—
—
—
2
3.17
Verticillium lecanii
—
3.5
—
—
—
7
3.62
Verticillium verticillioides
—
5.0
—
—
—
10
5.18
Volutella sp.
—
—
—
4.5
—
9
33.33
Wardomyces sp.
—
—
—
—
1.0
2
1.56
Colletotrichum dematium
—
6.5
—
—
—
13
6.73
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
—
—
44.5
—
—
89
33.20
Colletotrichum sp.
—
—
23.5
—
—
47
17.53
Phomopsis vexans
—
—
14.0
—
—
28
10.44
Phomopsis sp.
—
46.0
—
—
—
92
47.66
Thlf01†
—
—
52.0
—
—
104
38.80
Nectria sp.
—
2.5
—
—
—
5
2.59
Number of isolates
68
133
268
80
78
627
—
Note: *200 segments of each sample () were plated for frequency analysis. Not detected: —; DE: dominant endophytes. †Reference number assigned in the laboratory.