?MYCOFLORA OF STORED AND FRESHLY HARVESTED MUSTARD AND RAPESEED GROWN IN PAKISTAN

Authors

  • MANSOOR A AHMAD PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Karachi-75280 Pakistan
  • BUTOOL A KHAN PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Karachi-75280 Pakistan
  • AHMADUNISA MASOOD PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Karachi-75280 Pakistan
  • ZUZZER A. SHAMSUDDIN PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Karachi-75280 Pakistan

Keywords:

Fungi, Mustard, Rapeseed.

Abstract

A large number (1,273) of samples of mustard and rapeseed were collected from 116locations belonging to 38'
districts of Pakistan. Eighty nine known varieties were collected from different agricultural research institutes and
studied for fungal infections. The dominant genus isolated from freshly harvested crop was Alternaria with 55%
frequency of occurrence. In stored seeds,Aspergillus spp.,Alternaria spp. and Penicillium spp. were present in that
order. In case of meal and cake, the Aspergillus showed over 50% frequency of occurrence followed by Penicillium
whereas. Fusarium spp. and Stemphylium spp. also showed significant dominance in freshly harvested seeds.

Published

1996-08-19

How to Cite

AHMAD, M. A., KHAN, B. A., MASOOD, A., & SHAMSUDDIN, Z. A. (1996). ?MYCOFLORA OF STORED AND FRESHLY HARVESTED MUSTARD AND RAPESEED GROWN IN PAKISTAN. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 39(5-8), 139–143. Retrieved from https://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2392

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 5-8 (1996): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles