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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2008.18.10.1355

Isolation of Endophytic Fungi Capable of Plant Growth Promotion from Monocots Inhabited in the Coastal Sand Dunes of Korea  

Khan, Sumera Afzal (Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University)
Hamayun, Muhammad (Department of Agronomy, Kyungpook National University)
Rim, Soon-Ok (Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, In-Jung (Department of Agronomy, Kyungpook National University)
Seu, Jong-Chul (Department of Geography Education, Daegu Catholic University)
Choo, Yeon-Sik (Department of Biology, Kyungpook National University)
Jin, Ing-Nyol (Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Sang-Dal (Department of Applied Biotechnology, Yungnam University)
Lee, In-Koo (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Jong-Guk (Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.18, no.10, 2008 , pp. 1355-1359 More about this Journal
Abstract
Endophytic fungi predominantly inhabit grasses, and produce a variety of beneficial metabolites for plant growth, as well as help their hosts against pathogens and herbivores. Current study was focused on plant growth promoting activity of endophytic fungi inhabited in the roots of sand dune grasses. We collected 49 fungal isolates from the roots of four most common sand dune grasses and screened them for their growth promoting capacity. Results showed that 37 fungal isolates (75.5%) promoted plant height and shoot length of waito-c rice, 11 fungal isolates (22.5%) suppressed it, while 1 fungus (2%) showed no effect on the growth attributes. The fungal strain Gibberella fujikuroi, along with distilled water and Czapek broth medium, were taken as control for this experiment. It was concluded that a major proportion of endophytic fungi inhabited in the sand dune plants produce metabolites, and thus help in growth and development of the host plant.
Keywords
Secondary metabolites; sand-dunes; endophytic fungus; plant growth; waito-c rice;
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