International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences |
ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 2 Number 8 (2013) pp. 124-130 |
Screening of Seed Borne Mycoflora of Cicer arietinum L. |
Elizabeth Margaret1*
, Neeraja P.V1
and B.Rajeswari2 |
1Department of Botany, St. Ann s College for Women, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad-500 028 (A.P.), India 2Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, ANGRAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India *Corresponding author e-mail: margaret_nje@yahoo.com |
A B S T R A C T |
Cicer arietinum is found prone to several fungal diseases. These diseases are soil borne due to prolonged saprophytic survival of the pathogen through sclerotia. Seed borne mycoflora of five cultivars of Cicer were studied under blotter paper method. All these varieties were found more susceptible to Fusarium, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Botrys cinerea, Sclerotium rolfisii. Most susceptible variety was KAK2. Six fungicides were tested for their efficacy. Seeds treated with
Indofin resulted in reduction of total seed mycoflora and enhanced the germination
percentage by JG11 (64 to 69%), ICCV 95311(68 to 87%), KAK2 (58 to77%), ICCV92944 (70 to78%). The seedling vigor index was maximum (976.8) in the
seeds treated with carbendazim of ICCV92944 variety followed by JG11 variety
treated with captan. While least (72) vigor index was observed in KAK2 variety
treated with Trichoderma |
Keywords |
Cicer; Fungicide; Mycoflora; Aspergillus flavus; Botrys cinerea; Fusarium
Seed Dressing |