The endophytic capacity of the entomopathogenic fungus caused inherent physiological response in two barley () varieties.

In this study, the endophytic capacity of was determined for two barley () varieties, Josefa and Esmeralda, inoculated with a seedling immersion at three different concentrations (1 × 10, 1 × 10 and 1 × 10 conidia/mL). Seedling length and chlorophyll content were found to be not affected when inoculated with the entomopathogenic fungus, in both barley varieties. However, the colonisation percentage was found to be significantly lower with the inoculum concentration 1 × 10 conidia/mL for both barley varieties ( < 0.