Table 2 Microscopic characteristics of the isolated endophytes
Identified genus | Internal strain no. | Microscopically visible features | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mycelium | Conidia | Conidiophores | ||
Pestalotia sp. | TMFE-1 | Branched appendages | Dark and relatively broad conidia. Straight, ellipsoid and septate | Short and simple |
Colletotrichum sp. | TMFE-2 | Septate and hair-like structures | Cylindrical, aseptate Presence of seta | Short, simple, hyaline |
Colletotrichum sp. | TMFE-3 | Septate, highly branched | Single-celled cylindrical attenuated with a rounded end. Presence of seta | Short and simple |
Colletotrichum sp. | TMLE-2 | Highly branched | Large, single-celled conidia with abundant sporulation rate | Short, simple and dense |
Fusarium sp. | TMLE-3 | Mass branched | Curved and septate | Short and simple |
Fusarium sp. | DSLE-1 | Branched | Macroconidia 3–5 celled | Short, simple and hyaline |
Fusarium sp. | DSLE-2 | Branched and hyaline | Single-celled microconidia | Short and simple |
Fusarium sp. | DSLE-4 | Branched and hyaline | Long sporodochial Conidia, slightly curved | Irregularly branched |
Fusarium sp. | DSBE-1 | Branched | Small microconidia formed from phialides | Short, irregularly branched |
Fusarium sp. | AHPE-3 | Branched | Single-celled microconidia. Macroconidia Fusiform, septate | Monophialidic |
Fusarium sp. | AHPE-4 | Branched | Single-celled microconidia Oblong and septate | Short, simple and hyaline |
Colletotrichum sp. | AHLE-1 | Finely branched | Falciform. Long, single-celled conidia | Short and simple |
Colletotrichum sp. | AHLE-4 | Septate | Small, single-celled conidia | Septate, hyaline |