Metabolic profiling of endophytic fungi acting as antagonists of the banana pathogen Colletotrichum musae.

ABSTRACT: Three endophytic strains, Phomopsis sp., Fusarium proliferatum, and Tinctoporellus epimiltinus, isolated from various plants in the rainforest of the Philippines, were investigated regarding their ability to repress growth of the pathogenic fungus Colletotrichum musae on banana fruits causing anthracnose disease. An in vitro plate-to-plate assay and an in vivo sealed box assay were conducted, using commercial versus natural potato dextrose medium (PDA). All tested endophytes were able to significantly reduce C. musae growth compared to the control. However, the type of medium had no significant effect on lesion size of C. musae on banana. An interaction effect between fungal strain and medium could be shown. On the commercial medium, no differences between the biocontrol ability of the fun

SUBMITTER: Cumagun CJR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11760007 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature