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STUDY OF SEED BORNE FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH SORGHUM SEEDS (Pages : 21 - 27)

Fungi associated with the seeds of sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) collected from different locations of Bangladesh were recorded. Ten fungi encountered in sorghum seeds, in order of prevalence, were- Curvularia lunata, Fusarium moniliforme, Alternaria tenuis, Colletotrichum graminicola, Bipolaris sorghicola, Botrytis cenerea, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium oxalicum, Phoma sorghina and Curvularia trifolii. Prevalence of the total as well as the individual seed- borne fungal infections recorded in sorghum varied significantly with respect to sources of seed collection. Seed germination also varied significantly depending on the crop varieties or seed sources. No definite relationship between germination and seed-borne fungal infections was observed. B. cinerea and C. trifolii in seeds of sorghum appear to be new records of seed-borne fungi of the crop in the world. Out of ten, except C. graminicola in sorghum are being reported as new seed-borne fungi of the crop from Bangladesh. Download