Endophytic Phoma sp. isolated from medicinal plants promote the growth of Zea mays

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DOI https://doi.org/10.13057/nusbiosci/n060205
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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2014)
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ASHWINI KEDAR
Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati- 444602, Maharashtra, India
DNYANESHWAR RATHOD
Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati- 444602, Maharashtra, India
ALKA YADAV
Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati- 444602, Maharashtra, India
GAURAVI AGARKAR
Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati- 444602, Maharashtra, India
MAHENDRA RAI ♥
Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati- 444602, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

Kedar A, Rathod D, Yadav A, Agarkar G, Rai M. 2014. Endophytic Phoma sp. isolated from medicinal plants promote the growth of Zea mays. Nusantara Bioscience 6: 132-139. Fungal endophytes are reported as rich sources of valuable secondary metabolites and could be used as bio-fertilizers. In the present study, we report growth promotion potential of two Phoma species isolated from Tinospora cordifolia and Calotropis procera on maize. The fungal endophytes enhanced growth in inoculated maize plants compared to non-inoculated plants. The main aim of this work was to assess the growth promotion activity of endophytic Phoma species on maize isolated from T. cordifolia and C. procera.

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