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.