Diversity and seasonal variation of endophytic fungal communities associated with some medicinal trees of the Western Ghats, Southern India

Sydowia

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-266

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

^a KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abundance; Endophytes; Malnad region; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; MITOSPORIC ASCOMYCOTA; PESTALOTIOPSIS; PHOMOPSIS; PHYLLOSTICTA; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 77649219335     PISSN: 00820598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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