Detection Of Fungal Flora In Black Gram Seeds And Its Managament By Fungicides And Bioagents

V P Uchade; A V Suryawanshi; S B Zade

doi:10.48165/

Authors

V P Uchade Department of Plant Pathology and Agricultural Microbiology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri - 413 722, Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
A V Suryawanshi Department of Plant Pathology and Agricultural Microbiology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri - 413 722, Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
S B Zade Department of Plant Pathology and Agricultural Microbiology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri - 413 722, Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Black gram, seed myco-flora, vigour index, fungicides and bio-agents

Abstract

Seed myco-flora associated with black gram varieties were detected by standard blotter test and agar plate method. Six seed borne fungi were found associated with seeds of black gram varieties, externally, which were Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium oxysporum, Macrophomina phaseolina, Alternaria alternata and Botrytis cinera. The internally seed borne fungi were detected by agar plate method and three fungi identified were Fusarium oxysporum, Macrophomina phaseolina and Alternaria alternata. All the isolated pathogens were found pathogenic to black gram resulting into reduction in seed germination and seedling vigour index. Among all the treatments of fungicides, carbendazim @ 0.2 % was found significantly superior in reducing seed borne myco-flora, increasing seed germination and seedling vigour index, followed by Mancozeb @ 0.2 % and captan @ 0.2 %. Amongst bio-agents, Trichoderma harzianum @ 0.6 % recorded lowest seed myco-flora, increased seed germination and seedling vigour index, followed by T. viride @ 0.6 % and T. hamatum @ 0.6 %.

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