2003•Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis SunyatseniRequires access
Isolation of Endophytic Fungi and Actinomycetes from Banana (Musa paradisiaca) Plants
Shining Zhou
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Abstract
Two hundred and seventy one endophytic fungal strains and one hundred and fifty-six endophytic actinomycete strains were isolated from healthy banana plants. The fungi isolated most frequently from leaves were Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (60.7%) and fungi from roots were Aspergillus spp., Penicillium spp. and Paeciloniyces spp. (total 70.4%). Streptomyces strains were the most frequently isolated actinomycete strains from roots and leaves, gray series of streptomycete strains were the most frequently isolated streptomycete group, Streptomyces roseogriseolus were the most frequently isolated species from roots (43.5%) and leaves (69.0%) and 46.7% of Streptomyces roseogriseolus strains isolated from roots and 34.8% of strains from leaves showed activity against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense. But endophytic fungi isolated were not antagonistic to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense in vitro.