Effects of environmental factors and host characteristics on diversity and distribution of wood-rotting fungi of Mount Puliebadze, Nagaland
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Microbial Ecology Laboratory, Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong campus 793022, Meghalaya, India
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20 July 2018
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08 August 2018
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20 August 2018
Studies in Fungi
3(1): 241−247(2018) |
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Abstract
The study on the effects of environmental factors and host characteristics on diversity and distribution of wood-rotting fungi Mount Puliebadze, Nagaland was carried out for a period of two successive years (January 2015 to December 2016). A total of 46 wood-rotting fungi belonging to 16 families were identified. The occurrence of wood-rotting fungi demonstrated a decreasing trend with increase in elevations and correlation between the two variables showed a strong negative correlation with Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) value of -0.993. The zone with lowest elevation (zone 1) comprised maximum number of species (25 species) whereas the zone with highest elevation (zone 4) comprised minimum number of species (05 species). Highest species similarity percentage (25.9%) was observed between zone 2 and 3. One way ANOVA showed significant variations between the occurrence of wood-rotting fungi with different seasons, light intensity, type of substrata and decay stage of wood. Shannon's diversity index (H') of zone 1 was highest (H'=3.073) and that of zone 4 was lowest (H'=1.242).
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K Chuzho, MS Dkhar. 2018. Effects of environmental factors and host characteristics on diversity and distribution of wood-rotting fungi of Mount Puliebadze, Nagaland. Studies in Fungi 3(1):241−247 doi: 10.5943/sif/3/1/24
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K Chuzho, MS Dkhar. 2018. Effects of environmental factors and host characteristics on diversity and distribution of wood-rotting fungi of Mount Puliebadze, Nagaland. Studies in Fungi 3(1):241−247 doi: 10.5943/sif/3/1/24
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