Isolation and identification of fungi from Rhizosphere soils of the botanical garden Sandhya, Patel Sanjay, Verma Rishendra1,*, Maurya J.N.2 1Professor of Eminence, Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly-243 006 (UP) 2Head of Department, Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly-243 006 (UP) *Correspondence: rishendra_verma@yahoo.com
Online published on 4 December, 2023. Abstract The study reports isolation and identification of 14 fungal taxa of fungi. Out of 24 rhizospheric soil samples obtained from some medicinal plant species, the rhizosphere fungi isolated were identified as Aspergillus spp. (17%), Alternaria spp. (10%), Carvuleria spp. (7%), Penicillium spp. (12%), Pestalotiopsis spp.(2%), Torula spp. (2%), Fusarium spp.(5%), Drechslera spp.(5%), Ulocladiumspp. (3%), Mucor spp. (3%), Rhizopus spp. (3%), Nigrosporaspp.(5%), Phytophthora spp. (3%), Podospora spp. (3%), Bipolaris spp. (5%). The rhizosphere fungi play a significant role in enhancing the medicinal properties of medicinal plants. The study recommended additional research on rhizosphere fungi associated with commercially important medicinal plants. Top Keywords Fungi, Rhizosphere, Soil. Top |