ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI FROM HEALTHY LEAF OF COCOA PLANT

The new prospective area on agriculture and forestry are the use of microorganisms to promote plant growth and to protect the plant hosts from pests and diseases. One group of the microorganisms is endophytic fungi. The research aims to isolate and to identify of fungal endophyte of healthy leaf of cocoa plant. A total of 6 isolates of fungal endophyte were isolated from healthy leaf of cocoa plant. The isolates belonged to 1 genera namely: Trichoderma sp., and 5 isolates that have not been identified as not showing conidia on PDA media