R.Jayaraj Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Ecology
Non-Timber Forest Produces (NTFP) Department, Division of Forest Ecology & Biodiversity Conservation, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur
Dr R Jayaraj has specialization in Biochemistry and Toxicology. He is currently doing studies in ecotoxicology of pesticides and phytochemical studies of plant extracts. His areas of interest include mechanism of action of natural products and chemical environmental contaminants. He is a life member of Indian Pharmacological Society and Society of Biological Chemists. He has over 30 international and national publications to his credit.
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Author(s): Thulasi G Pillai and R.Jayaraj
Aerva lanata, a perennial herb in the Amaranthaceae family of the genus Aerva, native to Asia, Africa, and Australia was subjected to endophytic isolation and characterisation. F.equiseti was isolated from leaves, stem and root of the plant. Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi belongs to class sordariomycetes which are distributed in soil and in association with plants, mostly symptomless. Cultural and molecular characterisation of the organism was done. This is the first report of F.equiseti as true end phyte from Aerva lanata. True endophytes have been evol... view moreĀ»