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Endophytic fungi of some halophytes from an estuarine mangrove forest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2001

T. S. SURYANARAYANAN
Affiliation:
Post-Graduate and Research Department of Botany, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai 600 004, India. E-mail: tssury@md3.vsnl.net.in
V. KUMARESAN
Affiliation:
Post-Graduate and Research Department of Botany, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai 600 004, India. E-mail: tssury@md3.vsnl.net.in
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Abstract

Four halophytes belonging to three dicotyledon families, Acanthaceae, Aizoaceae and Chenopodiaceae, were screened for the presence of fungal endophytes. Thirty-six species of fungi, including some sterile forms, were isolated. Camarosporium species showed some degree of host preference as they were the dominant endophytes of the halophytes of Chenopodiaceae but were absent from the other halophytes. Some genera such as Colletotrichum, Phomopsis, Phyllosticta and Sporormiella were ubiquitous.

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Research Article
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© The British Mycological Society 2000

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