Adithya, G and Rajeshwari, B and Keshavulu, K and Sudini, H and Swathi, Y (2017) Mycoflora Associated with Groundnut Seeds Collected from Selected Groundnut Growing Districts of Telangana State, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 6 (7). pp. 4335-4342. ISSN 2319-7706
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Abstract
Groundnut is an important food legume in several developing and developed countries. In India, Telangana state is one of the major groundnut growing states. A survey was conducted to collect a total of 72 groundnut pod samples at the time of harvesting from farmers and local markets in four districts, namely; Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad, Mahabubnagar during 2015-16. These samples studied for detection of seed mycoflora by Agar plate method as recommended by ISTA. The major mycoflora associated with seeds belongs to five fungal genera such as Aspergillus, Fusarium, Alternaria, Macrophomina, Penicillium and total incidence was ranged from 0.67 % - 47.11 %. Samples collected from farmers were highly infected with different mycoflora compared to the samples collected from market. A. niger was predominant (47.11 %) while, the least was Penicillium (0.44 %). Out of four districts surveyed, the total incidence of mycoflora was high in Mahabubnagar and low in Nizamabad. The fungal species A. niger was found associated with all the collected samples of four districts at maximum incidence when compared to other fungal species. Current results imply the urgent need for application of management measures against different seed borne fungi to maintain the quality of groundnut.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Research Program : Asia |
| CRP: | CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Groundnut, Seed mycoflora, Telangana, Groundnut Seeds, Mycoflora |
| Subjects: | Others > Pest Management Others > Telangana Mandate crops > Groundnut Others > Plant Pathology Others > Plant Disease |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2017 10:57 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2017 10:59 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10155 |
| Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.607.451 |
| Projects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Acknowledgement: | Authors acknowledge the ICRISAT for the financial support to undertake this study through its CGIAR Research Program-Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (CRP-A4NH). |
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