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Investigation of endophytic fungi associated with  Bixa orellana l. a medicinal plant collected from  western Ghats of sathyamangalam - a first report.


Journal of Bacteriology & Mycology: Open Access
Kannan KP, Ashwanandhini G, Hemasindhu B, Vinothkumar S, MadhanKumar D, Senthamarai M
Department of Biotechnology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India

Abstract

Mycoendophytes are microorganisms that reside internal tissues of living plants without causing any immediate overt negative effects, have been found in every plant species examined to date and recognized as the potential sources of novel natural products for exploitation in medicine, and agriculture with more bioactive natural products isolated from the microorganisms. In the past two decades, many valuable bioactive compounds with antimicrobial, insecticidal, cytotoxic, and anticancer activities have been successfully discovered from mycoendophytes. In the present investigation, endophytic fungi were screened form from stem, twig and leaves of Bixa orellanaL. collected form Sathyamangalam reserve forest. Predominant endophytic fungi isolated from the medicinal plantare Phyllosticta sp., Pestalotiopsis sp., and Phomopsis sp. Statistical analysis of Shannon Diversity Index, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, and Endophytic Infection Rate were performed to understand the nature of mycophytes in the selected medicinal plant. This is the first report on endophytic fungi documented from this medicinal plant from Sathyamangalam forest of Tamil nadu, India.

Keywords

Mycoendopytes, Jaccard similarity coefficient, Endophytic infection rate, Shannon diversity index

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