National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Seed health testing to detect seed mycoflora and other parameters like germination status, physical purity, moisture, seedling length and seed vigour index are very important component of management of crop diseases. The legume seeds particularly black gram seeds were screened against these parameters using blotter plate method from untreated seeds as per the International rules for seed testing in the laboratory of Seed Science and Technology and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Bhawanipatna. The fungi isolated from these seeds are Curvularia lunata, Fusariom pallidoroseum, Pencillium spp., Macrophomina phaseolina, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger and Rhizopus spp. A total of seven number fungi belonging to different groups were recorded from the samples of farmers’ saved seed. Curvularia lunata (8.2%), Fusariom pallidoroseum (5.9%), Pencillium spp. (4.3%) and Aspergillus spp. (3.6%) were recorded as major fungi associated with the seed. Average germination, physical pure seed and seed moisture percentage of farmers’ saved seed of different collection places was significantly lower than the Indian Minimum Seed Certification Standards specified for black gram. Therefore, it is recommended that freshly harvested seeds should be well dried to safe moisture content (9.0%) with proper fungicides treatment to protect from seed mycoflora infection.
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