Isolation and identification of endophytes from Pinellia / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the varieties of entophytes in different parts of Pinellia ternata.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The solidified plates were applied for the isolation of the endophytes, and three methods were used for the identification of endophytic fungi.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Eighty four strains of the entophytes were isolated from the P. ternata collected from 3 habitations. Endophytic fungi were morphologically identified belonging to 15 genera, 4 families.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>It indicated that the entophytes in P. ternata were diversity and rich, and there were some differences at quantity and species in different organs of P. ternata.</p>