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Diversity of Fungal Endophytes in Various Tissues of Panax ginseng Meyer Cultivated in Korea

  • Park, Young-Hwan (School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Lee, Soon-Gu (School of Bioresource Science, Andong National University) ;
  • Ahn, Doek-Jong (Punggi Ginseng Experiment Station, Gyeongbuk Provincial Agricultural Research & Extension Services) ;
  • Kwon, Tae-Ryong (Punggi Ginseng Experiment Station, Gyeongbuk Provincial Agricultural Research & Extension Services) ;
  • Park, Sang-Un (Department of Crop Science, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lim, Hyoun-Sub (Department of Applied Biology, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Bae, Han-Hong (School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University)
  • Received : 2011.06.17
  • Accepted : 2011.11.26
  • Published : 2012.04.15
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Abstract

Endophytic fungi were isolated from various tissues (root, stem, petiole, leaf, and flower stalk) of 3- and 4-year-old ginseng plants (Panax ginseng Meyer) cultivated in Korea. The isolated endophytic fungi were identified based on the sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), 1-5.8-ITS 2. A morphological characterization was also conducted using microscopic observations. According to the identification, 127 fungal isolates were assigned to 27 taxa. The genera of Phoma, Alternaria and Colletotrichum were the most frequent isolates, followed by Fusarium, Entrophospora and Xylaria. Although 19 of the 27 taxa were identified at the species level, the remainder were classified at the genus level (6 isolates), phylum level (Ascomycota, 1 isolate), and unknown fungal species (1 isolate). Endophytic fungi of 13 and 19 species were isolated from 3- and 4-year-old ginseng plants, respectively, and Phoma radicina and Fusarium solani were the most frequently isolated species colonizing the tissues of the 3- and 4-year-old ginseng plants, respectively. The colonization frequency (CF%) was dependant on the age and tissue examined: the CFs of the roots and stems in the 3-year-old ginseng were higher than the CF of tissues in the 4-year-old plants. In contrast, higher CFs were observed in the leaves and petioles of 4-year-old plants, and endophytic fungi in the flower stalks were only detected in the 4-year-old plants. In conclusion, we detected diverse endophytic fungi in ginseng plants, which were distributed differently depending on the age and tissue examined.

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