Fungal isolate | Colonization (%) | DPPH activity (%) | IAA (μg/ml) | Phenolics (μg/ml) | Flavonoids (μg/ml) |
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FH1 | 38 of 90 | 65 ± 8.52 | 9.17 ± 0.92 | 65.5 ± 3.95 | 10.6 ± 0.61 |
- Colonization was measured as colonization frequency by plating spine segments on Hagem media plates at 28 °C for 7 days and counted the number of segments with endophytic colonies. About 90% of the segments were colonized by the 9 strains of endophytes, whereas 38% was colonized by FH1