Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Oil-Seed Crop Jatropha curcas Produces Oil and Exhibit Antifungal Activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kumar, Susheel ^a   Kaushik, Nutan ^b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; JATROPHA CURCAS OIL; METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA DESTRUENS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHAETOMIUM; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM TRUNCATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; GUIGNARDIA CAMMILLAE; JATROPHA CURCAS; MYCELIUM; NIGROSPORA ORYZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI; HEXANES; JATROPHA; PLANT OILS;

EID: 84873650119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056202     Document Type: Article

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