Diversity of Foliar Endophytic Fungi in Artocarpus heterophyllusLam. and Citrus reticulata Blanco of Tripura

Abstract

Present investigationdealt with the isolation and diversity of foliar fungal endophytes from two fruityielding plants of Tripura state. In addition, seasonal distributions of endophytes regardingfruiting and non-fruiting seasonsin two host plants were also studied. Twenty one fungal strains along with one nonsporulating hyaline form were isolated as foliar endophytes from the two host plants. In both fruiting and non-fruiting seasons from Citrus reticulata,seven foliar endophytic fungi were isolated. Mean-while, from Artocarpus heterophyllus in both the seasons,eleven fungal endophytes with one nonsporulating hyaline form were also isolated. The relative frequencies of the isolated fungi from both A.heterophyllusand C.reticulata in fruiting and non-fruiting season significantly differed among the sampling sites, whereas relative frequenciesindividual endophytic fungus showed no significant differences among various sampling sites.

Keywords

• microfungi
• artocarpus heterophyllus
• citrus reticulata
• fruiting and non-fruiting season
• fungal diversity