Isolation and Identification of Endophytic Fungi in Mulberry and its Diversity Analysis

One hundred and fourteen strains of endophytic fungi were isolated from the roots,stems and leaves of different mulberry varieties using the tissue culture method.Through the morphological identification,they belonged to 21 genera,including Fusarium,Alternaria,Scytalidium etc.The result showed endophytic fungi in mulberry exhibited the broad biodiversity.The distribution of endophyte was different among mulberry varieties.The type and quantity of endophytic fungi had great difference among different organs of the same variety:rootsstemsleaves.Fusarium was the dominant population in roots,while Alternaria was the dominant population in stems and leaves.Monilia and Fusarium were isolated from three organs,and the others were isolated from one or two organs.