?SEED-BoRNE MYCOFLORA OF VEGETABLE SEED LOTS IN NORTHERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN

Authors

  • M Qasim Khan Federal Seed Certification Department, G-9/4, Mauve Area, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • S Irfan Ahmad Federal Seed Certification Department, House # L-1 Street 27, Model Colony, Karachi, Pakistan

Keywords:

Mycoflora, Vegetable seeds, Blotter technique.

Abstract

Seed-borne mycoflora of sixty six vegetable seed lots from Northern Areas of Pakistan were examined using the
standard blotter technique. Thirteen genera and 21 species offungi were obtained from contaminated seed lots.
Alternaria alternata was found in 71.21 % of the seed lots (range 0.5-89.5%), Fusarium moniliforme was
recorded in 34.84% of the seed lots (range 0.5-57%) and Penicilium sp were observed in 28.78% of the lots
(range 0.5-11. %). Besides these Aspergillus flavus, Alternaria radicina, A tenuissima, Botrytis cinerea,
Cephalosporium sp, Chaetomium sp, Cladosporium sp, Curvularia sp, Dichomera sp, Drechslera hawaiiensis,
Fusarium culmorum, F equiseti, F nivale, F oxysporum, F semitectum, F solani, Nigrospora sp and Verticil-
lium sp, were also encountered from the seed samples.

Published

1998-02-16

How to Cite

Khan, M. Q., & Ahmad, S. I. (1998). ?SEED-BoRNE MYCOFLORA OF VEGETABLE SEED LOTS IN NORTHERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 41(1), 47–49. Retrieved from http://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2229

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 1 (1998): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles