FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES IN TURFGRASS AREAS IN TURKEY

Unal F.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, cilt.29, sa.5, ss.3505-3516, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 29 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Dergi Adı: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Communication Abstracts, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3505-3516
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Fungi, endophytes, ITS sequence, turfgrass, BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL AGENT, ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE, ROSEA F CATENULATA, MYROTHECIUM-VERRUCARIA, CLONOSTACHYS-ROSEA, SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE, MELOIDOGYNE-JAVANICA, ACREMONIUM-STRICTUM, CHAETOMIUM-GLOBOSUM, PHOMA-MACROSTOMA
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Fungal endophytes are epiphytic or systemic microorganisms living on plant tissues during part or all of their life cycles without causing harm to their hosts. They have been described as mutualists that enhance their host resistance against abiotic stresses, diseases, insects and mammalian herbivores by producing a broad range of fungal metabolites. Recently, these organisms have attracted extensive attention of the scientist due to their potential properties in biological control of diseases and pests. In this study, endophytic fungi were isolated from 122 turfgrass plants belonging to 7 different turfgrass species at 8 different provinces in Turkey. The ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 regions of each isolate were amplified, sequenced and performed BLAST analyzes. 419 fungal isolates were classified into 40 genera in accordance with the rDNA-ITS sequences analysis. It was determined that endophytic fungi in turfgrass areas belong to a wide variety of species and most of these species were from phylum Ascomycota.