Table 1.

Endophytes from R, S, P, L, and F as well as CF and IN in parentheses in 3- and 4-year-old ginseng plants cultivated in Korea

Fungal species	3 Years old					4 Years old					Accession no.	Max identity (%)
	R	S	P	L	F	R	S	P	L	F
Fungal sp.			4 (1)						2 (1)	3 (2)	GQ906971	100
Entrophospora sp.	22 (18)										HM208740	100
Pythium sylvaticum						1 (1)	2 (1)				HM051065	100
Coprinopsis cinerea										1 (1)	AB097562	99
Coprinellus radians								3 (1)			HM595561	99
Alternaria arborescens			4 (1)								AB244779	100
A. alternata	4 (3)	4 (2)	7 (2)				3 (2)		2 (1)	3 (2)	HQ647314	100
Nemania diffusa						1 (1)			4 (2)		FJ438909	100
Xylaria sp. 1				4 (2)				3 (1)	6 (3)		HM595549	100
Xylaria sp. 2									4 (2)		GQ906941	100
Phoma radicina	20 (16)	6 (3)				8 (7)					FJ427058	100
Colletotrichum pisi	5 (4)	2 (1)				5 (5)		3 (1)			EU400150	100
C. ignotum							2 (1)	10 (3)			GU994371	99
Cladosporium sphaerospermum								3 (1)			EU570258	100
Phomopsis sp.						2 (2)					EF432295	99
Eutypella scoparia		2 (1)									HM052827	100
Aureobasidium sp.									2 (1)		GQ906942	93
Trichoderma harzianum	1 (1)										FJ571487	100
Stachybotrys cylindrospora							3 (2)				AF081474	99
Ascomycota sp.		2 (1)									HQ108015	98
Fusarium solani						17 (15)	5 (3)				HQ384396	100
F. proliferatum		2 (1)									HQ248202	100
Nectria haematococca						1 (1)	2 (1)				AB513852	100
Botryosphaeria dothidea										3 (2)	HQ328038	100
Coniothyrium sp.							2 (1)				AY157492	100
Monacrosporium microscaphoides	2 (2)										EF059816	98
Valsa ambiens		2 (1)									EU520182	100
Segments	81	50	26	45	39	90	59	31	45	35
Total CF (IN)	54 (44)	20 (10)	15 (4)	4 (2)	0	35 (32)	19 (11)	22 (7)	20 (10)	10 (7)
Species no.	6	6	3	1	0	7	6	5	6	4

R, root; S, stem; P, petiole; L, leaf; F, flower stalk; CF, colonization frequencies; IN, isolate number.