Table 3.

Antagonistic interaction between endophytic fungi and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum (FOC) causal agent of wilt of cucumber

No.	Host plant	Fungal endophyte	Growth inhibition (%) against FOC
1	Tomato	Penicillium sp.	66.4 ± 4.6
2	Tomato	Cladosporium sp.	38.2 ± 7.4
3	Tomato	Ulocladium sp.	16.5 ± 1.1
4	Tomato	Alternaria sp.	8.80 ± 0.7
5	Tomato	Botryosporium sp.	13.3 ± 2.5
6	Tomato	Verticillium sp.	2.70 ± 2.4
7	Tomato	Aspergillus sp.	13.1 ± 3.7
8	Mangrove	Guignardia mangiferae	47.3 ± 3.1
9	Mangrove	Fusarium incarnatum	21.5 ± 0.6
10	Mangrove	Pestalotiopsis fici 07	28.6 ± 0.7
11	Mangrove	Corynespora cassiicola	29.5 ± 1.9
12	Mangrove	Pestalotiopsis fici 06	26.0 ± 2.4
13	Mangrove	Nigrospora oryzae	24.5 ± 1.1
14	Mangrove	Pestalotiopsis mangiferae	34.1 ± 1.4
15	Mangrove	Penicillium sclerotiorum	26.6 ± 2.2
16	Mangrove	Phomapsis sp.	25.5 ± 0.3
17	Mangrove	Xylaria sp.	19.0 ± 0.5
18	Mangrove	Pestalotiopsis humus	28.4 ± 3.0
19	Star anise	Trichoderma sp.	39.3 ± 0.4
20	Star anise	Arthrinium sp.	27.1 ± 1.3
21	Star anise	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	16.3 ± 1.2
22	Star anise	Chaetomium subaffine	19.5 ± 0.9
23	Star anise	Phoma sp.	27.5 ± 0.9
24	Star anise	Cochliobolus sp.	25.4 ± 0.5
25	Agarwood	Hypocrea sp.	44.4 ± 0.4
26	Agarwood	Neurospora sp.	43.1 ± 1.0
27	Agarwood	Fusarium solani	35.1 ± 0.6
28	Agarwood	Eupenicillium javanicum	43.3 ± 0.7
29	Agarwood	Lasiodiplodia theobromae	40.2 ± 0.3
30	Agarwood	Paecilomyces lilacinus	21.8 ± 1.4

Growth inhibition % by endophytic fungi isolated from 4 host species against F. oxysporum of cucumber. The mycelial disc of 5 mm of both the pathogenic fungus and endophytic fungus was deposited simultaneously in the potato dextrose agar plate and the dual culture was incubated for 1 week at 27°C. Growth inhibition % of 30 endophytic fungi isolated from 4 different host plants was calculated as compared to control treatments. The entire experiment was repeated twice each with 5 replicates.