Chaenomeles speciosa fruit endophytic fungi isolation and characterization of their antimicrobial activity and the secondary metabolites composition

Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Table 1 Antifungal activity of endophytes isolated from C. speciosa fruits

Test pathogens	Percent of inhibition (PI %) by dual culture assay¹		Inhibition zone diameter (mm) by agar disc method¹
Test pathogens	Penicillium sp. I	Penicillium sp. II	Penicillium sp. I	Penicillium sp. II
Alternaria alternata (КMB-F-16)	77.82 ± 2.91^a	84.71 ± 1.23^b	13.92 ± 0.34^a	12.90 ± 0.44^b
Fusarium culmorum (IMB-F-50716)	76.24 ± 3.12	NA	20.60 ± 1.92^a	15.41 ± 0.23^b
Fusarium oxysporum (IMB-F-54201)	NT	NT	28.14 ± 0.31^a	15.22 ± 0.31^b

¹Data are expressed as the means of triplicate ± (SD). Values with different superscripts in each line are significantly different according to Tukey's test (P < 0.05). NA no activity. NT not tested