Table 2 Diversity indices along with colonization and isolation rates (%) of endophytic fungi isolated from Asparagus racemosus and Hemidesmus indicus in different seasons
Plant | Colonization and isolation rate (%) | June–August | September–November | December–February | March–May | Shannon (H) | Eveness (J) | Simpson (D) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 1 | Year 2 | |||||
Asparagus racemosus | Colonization rate | 85.33 | 84.00 | 95.11 | 89.33 | 66.22 | 63.56 | 56.00 | 51.56 | 2.9 | 0.95 | 0.5 |
Mean colonization rate for individual season | 84.6 | 92.2 | 64.8 | 53.7 | ||||||||
Overall colonization rate | 73.8 | |||||||||||
Isolation rate | 87.56 | 85.78 | 97.78 | 92.44 | 68.89 | 66.6 | 57.33 | 53.33 | ||||
Mean isolation rate for individual season | 86.6 | 95.1 | 67.7 | 55.3 | ||||||||
Overall isolation rate | 76.2 | |||||||||||
Hemidesmus indicus | Colonization rate | 72.00 | 67.56 | 86.22 | 77.78 | 62.22 | 56.89 | 48.89 | 44.44 | 2.7 | 0.92 | 0.8 |
Mean colonization rate for individual season | 69.78 | 82.00 | 59.56 | 46.67 | ||||||||
Overall colonization rate | 64.5 | |||||||||||
Isolation rate | 68.89 | 63.56 | 80.00 | 74.22 | 58.22 | 51.56 | 46.22 | 39.56 | ||||
Mean isolation rate for individual season | 66.22 | 77.11 | 54.89 | 42.89 | ||||||||
Overall isolation rate | 60.2 | |||||||||||