Table 3 Types of the interaction categories between endophytic and pathogenic fungi.
Categories | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
Type A | Mutual intermingling of mycelial growth in which both fungi grow into each other without any macroscopic interaction | |
Type B | Mutual inhibition on contact or < 2 mm inhibition zone is observed between the colonies of two fungi | |
Type C | Significant inhibition of one species on contact, inhibited species continuously grow at a significantly reduced rate, whereas the inhibitor species grow at a slightly reduced rate | |
Type D | More than 2 mm inhibition zone observed between the growth of two fungi. | |
Type E | Inhibition of one species on contact, and the inhibitor species continue to grow with a reduced rate through inhibited colony | |
Type F | Growth inhibition of one species on contact or at a distance, inhibitor species continue to grow at unchanged rate through or over the inhibited species |
