First Report of Three Species of Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Needle Leaves of Conifers in Korea

Abstract

We examined endophytic fungi from the needle leaves of three species of conifers in Korea: Abies nephrolepis, Thuja koraiensis, Pinus koraiensis. Endophytic fungi were isolated from the surface-sterilized leaves and identified based on morphological characteristics and Internal transcribed spacer sequences of rDNA. Three species of endophytic fungi isolated in this study were the first reported in Korea: Cryptosporiopsis actinidiae, Pestalotiopsis mangiferae, Pyrenochaeta cava.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a grant (NIBR2014-01205) from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR),funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea.

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