Phosphate Solubilizing and Antifungal Activity of Root Endophyte Isolated from Shorea leprosula Miq. And Shoreal selanica (DC) Blume
Abstract: Fungal endophytes
are fungi that lives within plant tissues without causing apparent disease. It
is also suggested that these fungi have ability to enhance plant growth and
plant resistancy against pest and disease. This research is a preliminary study
about root fungal endophytes in dipterocarp since there are lack research
concerning about this study focus. We examined root fungal endophyte isolated from seedling of Shorea leprosula
and Shorea selanica taken from Dramaga Experimental Forest, Bogor. Furthermore, we also tried to find out the
fungal potential ability to solubilize phosphate and suppres fungal pathogen by
in vitro assay. Surface sterilization method was used to isolated fungal
endophytes from root tissues. Trichoderma spirale, Velsalceae sp., Melanconiela
ellisii, Chaetosphaeria callimorpha, and Trichoderma asperellum were isolated
during this study. These fungi appear to have specific association between
fungal species and host plant, but no evidence of fungal order-level
specificiation in S. leprosula and S. selanica. In vitro test also suggested
that root fungal endophyte Trichoderma spirale and Melanconiella elisii have
potential ability to solubilize inorganic phosphate. In addition, this result
also present that root fungal endophyte T. spirale and T. asperellum have the
potential to inhibit pathogen fungi Fusarium sp.
Author: Safinah Surya Hakim,
Sri Wilarso Budi, Maman Turjaman
Journal Code: jpkehutanangg150018
