| DME | Dendrobium myco-endophytes |
| PDA | Potato dextrose agar |
| DNA | Deoxyribose nucleic acid |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| ITS | Internal transcribed spacer |
| NCBI | National centre for biological information |
| BLAST | Basic local alignment search tool |
| UV | Ultra Violet |
| HgCl2 | Mercury chloride |