Table 2. Colonization frequency of endophytic fungi.
Two hundred segments of each sample were plated for frequency analysis. (n = 10) Not detected: –.
| Colonization frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endophytic Fungi | Host Plant | Stem | Leaf | Root | Flower | Total |
| Fusarium redolens | Achillea millefolium | 5.5 | – | – | – | 11 |
| Septoria saposhnikoviae | A. millefolium | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Paraophiobolus arundinis | A. millefolium | 4.5 | – | – | – | 9 |
| Stemphylium amaranthi | A. millefolium | 2.5 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Cladosporium ramotenellum | A. millefolium | – | 5 | – | – | 10 |
| Septoria tormentillae | A. millefolium | 1.5 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Septoria lycopersici var. lycopersici | A. millefolium | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Septoria sp. | A. millefolium | 2.5 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Fusarium oxysporum | A. millefolium | 5 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Septoria malagutii | A. millefolium | 1.5 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Fusarium sp. | A. millefolium | – | 5.5 | – | – | 11 |
| S. tormentillae | A. millefolium | 3.5 | – | – | – | 7 |
| Alternaria infectoria | A. millefolium | 5.5 | – | – | – | 11 |
| Leptosphaerulina saccharicola | A. millefolium | 2.5 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Alternaria burnsii | A. millefolium | – | 4.5 | – | – | 9 |
| Alternaria sp. | A. millefolium | – | 5.5 | – | – | 11 |
| Nemania serpens | A. millefolium | 3.5 | – | – | – | 7 |
| Stemphylium vesicarium | A. millefolium | 4 | – | – | – | 8 |
| Fusarium avenaceum | A. millefolium | – | – | 6 | – | 12 |
| Fusarium sp. | A. millefolium | – | 6 | – | – | 12 |
| Paraphoma chrysanthemicola | A. millefolium | – | 5 | – | – | 10 |
| F. oxysporum | Achillea filipendulina | 8 | – | – | – | 16 |
| Fusarium sp. | A. filipendulina | 5.5 | – | – | – | 11 |
| Preussia africana | A. filipendulina | 1.5 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Plectosphaerella cucumerina | A. filipendulina | 6.5 | – | – | – | 13 |
| Antennariella placitae | A. filipendulina | 5 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Fusarium acuminatum | A. filipendulina | – | 6.5 | – | – | 13 |
| Acremonium sclerotigenum | A. filipendulina | – | 6 | – | – | 12 |
| Colletotrichum tanaceti | A. filipendulina | 4.5 | – | – | – | 9 |
| Trametes versicolor | A. filipendulina | 1.5 | – | – | – | 3 |
| A. burnsii | Anthemis altissima | 4 | – | – | – | 8 |
| Lewia infectoria | A. altissima | – | – | 8 | – | 16 |
| P. chrysanthemicola | A. altissima | 6 | – | – | – | 12 |
| Aspergillus calidoustus | A. altissima | – | 5.5 | – | – | 11 |
| Bjerkandera adusta | A. altissima | 2.5 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Schizophyllum commune | A. altissima | 3.5 | – | – | – | 7 |
| A. infectoria | A. altissima | 3 | – | 1.5 | 9 | |
| Paraphoma sp. | A. altissima | 4.5 | 1 | – | – | 11 |
| F. acuminatum | A. altissima | 8 | – | – | 16 | |
| Stemphylium botryosum | A. altissima | – | 6.5 | – | – | 13 |
| N. serpens | A. altissima | 4 | – | – | – | 8 |
| Fusarium proliferatum | A. altissima | 8.5 | – | – | – | 17 |
| Plenodomus tracheiphilus | A. altissima | 4.5 | – | – | – | 9 |
| Phoma tracheiphila | A. altissima | 6 | 1.5 | – | – | 15 |
| Ulocladium consortiale | A. altissima | – | 6.5 | – | – | 13 |
| P. cucumerina | A. altissima | – | – | 6 | – | 12 |
| Cladosporium limoniforme | A. altissima | 6 | – | 6 | – | 24 |
| Sarocladium strictum | A. altissima | – | – | 5.5 | – | 11 |
| Verticillium dahliae | A. altissima | 4.5 | – | – | – | 9 |
| F. avenaceum | A. altissima | – | – | – | 5.5 | 11 |
| Didymella tanaceti | A. altissima | 2 | – | – | – | 4 |
| Chaetosphaeronema sp. | Anthemis triumfetii | – | 6 | – | – | 12 |
| Chaetosphaeronema hispidulum | A. triumfetii | – | 7 | – | – | 14 |
| P. chrysanthemicola | A. triumfetii | 6.5 | – | – | – | 13 |
| Chaetosphaeronema achilleae | A. triumfetii | 5 | 1 | – | – | 12 |
| C. achilleae | A. triumfetii | – | 4 | – | – | 8 |
| S. amaranthi | A. triumfetii | – | 7 | – | – | 14 |
| Paraphoma sp. | A. triumfetii | 7 | – | – | – | 14 |
| Alternaria sp. | A. triumfetii | 6 | 2 | – | – | 16 |
| Alternaria sp. | A. triumfetii | 7 | 2 | – | – | 18 |
| S. vesicarium | Matricaria parthenium | – | 4.5 | – | – | 9 |
| Arthrinium phaeospermum | M. parthenium | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| Epicoccum nigrum | M. parthenium | 4 | – | – | – | 8 |
| Aspergillus chevalieri | M. parthenium | – | 4.5 | – | – | 9 |
| Trichaptum biforme | M. parthenium | 1.5 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Phoma haematocycla | Matricaria chamomilla | 5 | 1 | – | – | 12 |
| Paramyrothecium roridum | M. chamomilla | – | – | 6.5 | – | 13 |
| S. amaranthi | M. chamomilla | – | 7 | – | – | 14 |
| Xylariaceae sp. | M. chamomilla | 6 | – | – | – | 12 |
| E. nigrum | M. chamomilla | 4 | – | – | – | 8 |
| Cladosporium tenuissimum | Cichorium intybus | – | 5.5 | – | – | 11 |
| E. nigrum | C. intybus | 3.5 | – | – | – | 7 |
| Septoria cerastii | C. intybus | 3.5 | – | – | – | 7 |
| P. cucumerina | C. intybus | – | – | 5 | – | 10 |
| C. tanaceti | C. intybus | 7.5 | – | – | – | 15 |
| Stephanonectria keithii | C. intybus | – | 2 | – | – | 4 |
| Alternaria solani | C. intybus | 6 | – | – | – | 12 |
| B. adusta | C. intybus | 3.5 | – | – | – | 7 |
| Torula herbarum | C. intybus | – | 3.5 | – | – | 7 |
| Alternaria embellisia | C. intybus | – | 5.5 | – | – | 11 |
| Stemphylium globuliferum | C. intybus | 4 | – | – | – | 8 |
| A. sclerotigenum | C. intybus | – | – | – | 5 | 10 |
| Penicillium canescens | C. intybus | – | 2 | – | – | 4 |
| Diaporthe novem | C. intybus | 9.5 | – | – | – | 19 |
| Number of isolates | 466 | 259 | 89 | 23 | 837 | |