Diversity and antimicrobial activity of endophytic fungi isolated from Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, a well-known medicinal plant of India

Mycoscience

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-121

  Gond, Surendra K ^a   Mishra, Ashish ^a   Sharma, Vijay K ^a   Verma, Satish K ^a   Kumar, Jitendra ^a   Kharwar, Ravindra N ^a   Kumar, Anuj ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Buddha PG College   (India)

Author keywords

Biocontrol agent; Colletotrichum dematium; Colonization frequency; Fungal endophytes; Metabolites

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; COCHLIOBOLUS LUNATUS; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM DEMATIUM; FUNGI; NIGROSPORA ORYZAE; NYCTANTHES ARBOR-TRISTIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA SP.;

EID: 84858149793     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: 16182545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10267-011-0146-z     Document Type: Article

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