Research Article

Soil Influences Colonization of Root-Associated Fungal Endophyte Communities of Maize, Wheat, and Their Progenitors

Table 2

Culture-dependent data of Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivum and Triticum monococcum subsp. monococcum.

Plants# of plantsTotal morphotypes Mean (SD) number of morphotypes/plants# of speciesShannon diversity
indices
Morphotypes represented by the most numerous sequences

Daestivum9 48 5 (4)8 1.71 Fusarium spp. (42%)
Darksidea spp. (19%).
Cochliobolus spp. (14%)

Caestivum9 24 3 (3)7 2.04 Alternaria spp. (32%)
Fusarium spp. (23%)
Periconia spp. (13%)

Dmonococcum9 11 1 (1)4 1.55 Darksidea spp. (50%)
Embellisia spp. (30%)
Cochliobolus spp. (20%)

Cmonococcum9 15 2 (2)9 2.02 Fusarium spp. (27%)
Alternaria spp. (20%)
Periconia spp. (30%)

Total36 97 28 (17)18 1.83 Fusarium spp. (28%)
Alternaria spp. (13%)
Periconia spp. (12%)