Cladosporium sphaerospermum as a new plant growth-promoting endophyte from the roots of Glycine max (L.) Merr.

TLDR: Gibberellin production and plant growth-promoting ability of genus Cladosporium are reported for the first time in the present study.

Abstract: Endophytic fungi are plant symbionts that produce a variety of beneficial metabolites for plant growth and protection against herbivory and pathogens Fourteen fungal samples were isolated from the roots of soybean cultivar Daemangkong and screened on waito-c rice for their plant growth-promoting capacity Twelve of the fungal isolates promoted plant growth, while two inhibited it The fungal isolate DK-1-1 induced maximum plant growth in both waito-c rice and soybean The plant growth promotion capacity of DK-1-1 was higher than the wild type Gibberella fujikuroi Gibberellin (GA) analysis of culture filtrate of DK-1-1 showed the presence of higher amounts of bioactive GA3, GA4, and GA7 (662, 21 and 126 ng/mL, respectively) along with physiologically inactive GA5, GA15, GA19, and GA24 Phylogenetic analysis of 18S rDNA sequence identified the fungal isolate as a new strain of Cladosporium sphaerospermum Gibberellin production and plant growth-promoting ability of genus Cladosporium are reported for the first time in the present study