Inhibition of fungal endophytes by camptothecine produced by their host plant, Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Grahm) Mabb. (Icacinaceae)

Current Science

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 994-1000

  Shweta, S ^a,b   Shivanna, M B ^b   Gurumurthy, B R ^c   Uma Shaanker, R ^a,d   Santhosh Kumar, T R ^e   Ravikanth, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^e RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Camptothecine; Endophytic fungi; Inhibition; Nothapo dytes nimmoniana; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; ICACINACEAE; NOTHAPODYTES;

EID: 84907426508     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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