Diversity of endophytic fungal assemblages in an aquatic eel weed plant of Vallisneria spiralis L.

Authors

  • Venkatesan Govindan P.G. and Research Department of Botany, Mannai Rajagopalaswami Government Arts College, Mannargudi-614001, Thiruvarur - District, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Ramesh Kumar Jalainthararajan P.G. and Research Department of Botany, Mannai Rajagopalaswami Government Arts College, Mannargudi-614001, Thiruvarur - District, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

Twenty-two endophytic fungal species were isolated from three hundred segments of eel weed aquatic plant of Vallisneria spiralis. These plants were collected from freshwater ditches in winter season at Mannargudi in Tamil Nadu. These studies have demonstrated that plants indoor and outdoor environments and leaf age influence the density of endophytes present in leaves of the freshwater. The endophytic fungi have been found to study in different leaf portion (lower, middle, top region). Among these 2 (9%) fungal species belonging to ascomycetes, 4 (18%) fungal species belonging to coelomycetes and 14 (64%) species from hyphomycetes beside to two (9%) sterile forms. Hyphomycetes fungi are frequently isolated; however, chytridiomycetes fungus was not present in this result. Top leaf portion was abundance fungal species followed by the middle and lower portion were isolated. Some endophytic fungi were examined in a few enzyme (Amylolytic, Lipolytic, Laccase production) activities. The enzymes were tested three coelomycetes fungi are showing maximum and good activity.

Keywords: Aquatic plants, biologically active, lentic ecosystem, diversity of fungi, Vallisneria spiralis.  

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2020-06-29

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Govindan, V., & Jalainthararajan, R. K. . (2020). Diversity of endophytic fungal assemblages in an aquatic eel weed plant of Vallisneria spiralis L. International Journal of Life Sciences, 8(2), 299–307. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/14

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020): International Journal of Life Sciences

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