Fungi associated with ornamental plants in some Nurseries in Al–Qurayyat, Jouf region, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Fungi communities are important soil components as decomposers and plant symbionts, and they play an important part in natural ecological and biogeochemical processes. In this study, isolation and identification of terrestrial and zoosporic fungi were detected.
 Materials and Methods: Sixty–seven fungal species from thirty–four genera were isolated from 45 soil samples obtained randomly from nurseries in Al–Qurayyat, Jouf reagon, Saudi Arabia using the soil dilution technique on glucose–Czapek’s agar medium, cellulose–Czapek’s agar, and Potato dextrose agar medium.Authentic fungus manuals were then used to identify and characterise the mycoflora.
 Results: A total of 46 fungal species belonging to 22 terrestrial fungal genera were recovered on glucose–Czapek’s agar, 38 species belonging to 20 terrestrial fungal genera were recovered on cellulos–Czapek’s agar and 27 fungal species belonging to 15 terrestrial fungal genera were recovered on PDA medium while 12 species belonging to 7 genera zoosporic fungal genera were discovered.
 Conclusion: The most common terrestrial fungal genera were Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, Trichoderma, Acremonium, and Cladosopium while in zoosporic fungus. Allomyces was the most prevalent, followed by Achlya and Pythium.

Fungal Isolation and Characterization from some Ornamental Plants in Baze University Abuja, Nigeria

“…The present study reported that, Aspergillus niger had the highest occurrence. This finding agrees with that of Mailafiya et al (2017) and Massoud and Khalil (2023) who individually reported A. niger as the most prevalent fungal species in fruits and ornamental plants respectively. Similarly, Wu et al (2023) reported Aspergillus as the most predominant fungal species in Coastal Sediments from Guangdong, China.…”

“…The presence of Aspergillus species, Mucor spp, Penicillium sp, Fusarium sp, Alternaria sp and Rhizopus sp on ornamental plants reported by this study is in agreement with the finding of Massoud and Khalil (2023) who reported similar fungal communities among host of others on ornamental plants in some Nurseries in Al-Qurayyat, Jouf region, Saudi Arabia. The present study reported that, Aspergillus niger had the highest occurrence.…”