Diversity of fungal endophytes in shrubby medicinal plants of Malnad region, Western Ghats, Southern India

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 89-93

  Shankar Naik, B ^a   Shashikala, J ^a   Krishnamurthy, Y L ^a  

^a KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Endophytes; Malnad; Season; Shrubs

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ASCOMYCOTA; CHAETOMIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; COELOMYCETES; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUSARIUM; HYPHOMYCETES; PENICILLIUM; PHYLLOSTICTA; XYLARIA;

EID: 59049108087     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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