TITLE:
Fungal Microbes Associated with Agarwood Formation
AUTHORS:
Muthuraj Sangareswari@Nagajothi, Kalappan Thangamuthu Parthiban, Subramani Umesh Kanna, Loganathan Karthiba, Duraisamy Saravanakumar
KEYWORDS:
Agarwood, Aspergillus, Cellulase, Laccase, Fungi
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.7 No.10,
July
22,
2016
ABSTRACT: Agarwood is studied as the resinous secondary
metabolites produced by the natural microbial infection. The current study
investigated the range of microbial infection in agarwood trees collected from
various parts of India. A total of 17 isolates were collected and identified
based on the morphological and molecular studies. The study revealed that the
agarwood was naturally infected with Aspergillus, Lasiodiploidia, Chaetomium, Fusarium and Penicillium species. Further studies on enzyme activities involved in the
pathogenesis process showed the higher cellulase, ligninolytic and laccase
activities in Aspergillus isolate
AR13 when compared to other isolates. The current study has offered a potential
opportunity to further strengthen the research on possible development of
microbial strains for artificial inoculation in agar trees to induce agarwood
formation.