Abstract
Using serial dilution and direct plate methods for the detection of rhizosphere mycoflora of 22 soil samples of 3 different leguminous trees (Prosopis juliflora, Leucaena leucocephala and Adenanthera pavonina) were collected from Karachi University Campus. By direct plating method, total number of 27 species belonging to 19 genera were isolated from all leguminous trees rhizosphere soils, where 26 species belonging to 19 genera from P. juliflora, 22 species belonging to 16 genera from A. pavonina and 21 species belonging to 15 genera were isolated from L. leucocephala. Out of these fungal species Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, A. wentii, Chaetomium indicum, Cunninghamella elegans, Curvularia lunata, Drechslera maydis, Fusarium solani, F. oxysporum, Mucor sp., Paecilomyces variotii, Phoma eupyrena, Rhizopus sp., and Trichoderma viride were observed on all three leguminous trees rhizosphere soils. Serial dilution method elicited 14 species belonging to 12 genera where A. flavus, A. niger, A. wentii, P. eupyrena, F. oxysporum, A. alternata, P. variotii, C. elegans, C. lunata, D. maydis, Chaetomium indicum, Mucor sp., and Rhizopus sp., were common in the soils of all leguminous trees.
