Five Previously Unreported Endophytic Fungi Isolated from the Leaves of Woody Plants in Korea

Hyeok  Park1   Jae-Sung  Shim1   Ji-Su  Kim1   Hang-Seok  Choi1   Ahn-Heum  Eom1,*   

1Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education

Abstract

The leaves of two woody plant species, Pinus densiflora and Aronia melanocarpa, were collected in Korea, and endophytic fungi were isolated from these surface-sterilized leaves. The fungal isolates were identified based on their morphological characteristics and the results of the phylogenetic analysis involving nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), including 5.8S rDNA, D1/D2 regions of 28S rDNA, and β-tubulin genes. Pestalotia lawsoniae and Zasmidium fructicola were isolated from Pinus densiflora, and three species, Pestalotiopsis chamaeropis, Pestalotiopsis jesteri, and Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum were isolated from Aronia melanocarpa. To the best of our knowledge, these species have not been previously reported in Korea.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Project on Survey and Discovery of Indigenous Species of Korea funded by NIBR of the Ministry of Environment (MOE), Republic of Korea.

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