Biological activity of fungi from the phyllosphere of weeds and wild herbaceous plants

Antimicrobial, phytotoxic, and insecticidal activity of 30 fungal isolates obtained from leaves of weeds and wild herbaceous plants was assessed. Antibacterial, antifungal, phytotoxic, and insecticidal activity was found in over 50%, 40, 47, and 40% of the isolates, respectively. These findings may be important for toxicological assessment of potential mycoherbicides, and may also provide a basis for investigation of the patterns of development of phyllosphere communities affected by fungal metabolites.