Fungal endophytes associated with the mistletoe <Emphasis Type="Italic">Phoradendron perrottettii</Emphasis> and its host tree <Emphasis Type="Italic">Tapirira guianensis</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | L M de Abreu A R Almeida M Salgado L H Pfenning |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 37200-000 Lavras, MG, Brazil;(2) Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 37200-000 Lavras, MG, Brazil; |
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Abstract: | The endophytic mycobiota of leaves and stems of the mistletoe Phoradendron perrottettii and its host tree Tapirira guianensis, two physiologically connected plant species of the Brazilian savannah in southeastern Brazil, were investigated to evaluate
host and organ recurrence among endophytes. Leaves and stems of P. perrottettii and leaves of T. guianensis were sampled in the dry and wet season. Stems of T. guianensis were also sampled in the wet season. Endophytes were isolated by an adapted trituration and particle filtration protocol.
A total of 1,615 isolates representing 99 species and 20 sterile morphotypes were recovered; 64 morphospecies occurred as
singletons. The number of isolates and species was higher in the wet season. Leaves of P. perrottettii were less densely colonized than other organs studied, but were the most species-rich. Conversely, stems of T. guianensis yielded more isolates but were less species-rich. Both plants were found to harbor similar but distinguishable endophytic
assemblages. The Jaccard’s index of similarity between the fungal assemblages of both plants was 0.82, higher than found for
other plants in similar habitats. The fungal species composition seemed to be influenced by the collection season and organ
type, as demonstrated by multivariate correspondence analysis. Paraconiothyrium brasiliense, P. sporulosum and Verticillium leptobactrum were the dominant species in P. perrottettii. In leaves of T. guianensis, Pseudocercospora sp., Phomopsis sp. 1 and Lecanicillium psalliotae were the most frequent, while Stagonospora sp. 1 and Phomopsis sp. 1 were the dominant endophytes in its stems. The results indicated that some of the dominant endophytic taxa isolated
in this study colonize different hosts and plant organs while others seem to exhibit a high degree of host or organ recurrence.
This study represents the first evaluation of diversity of fungal endophytes in natural vegetation of the Brazilian savannah
and contributes information about the distribution and possible specificity of endophytes in tropical dicotyledoneous plants. |
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