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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 |
Eighteen samples of mung bean seeds collected from thirteen districts of Karnataka viz., Bengaluru, Chikkaballapura, Tumakuru, Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chitradurga, Chamarajanagar, Dharwad, Kalaburgi, Raichur, Davanagere and Bagalkot were tested for seed mycoflora by employing standard blotter method as per the International rules for seed testing. Maximum seed infection was recorded in Kalaburgi district (25.73%) followed by Raichur (24.08%), Bagalkot (16.33%) and least infection were recorded in Tumakuru district (6.83%). Maximum association of seed mycoflora was by Fusarium oxysporum (39.72%) followed by Penicillium notatum (38.50%), Aspergillus niger (19.18%) and least with Chaetomium globosum (1.7%). In total twelve fungi belonging to ten genera viz., Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus candidus. Alternaria alternata, Penicillium notatum, Rhizopus tolonifer, Cladosporium sp, Fusarium oxysporum, Mucor sp, Curvularia lunata, Chaetomium globosum, and Macrophomina phaseolina were recorded on mung bean seeds collected from different districts of Karnataka.