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Fig. 6. Habit character of Alternaria padwickii (Ganguly) Ellis on (a) whole seed (8X) and on sterile lemmas at (b)<br />

12.5X and (c) 25X. Photomicrograph of A. padwickii showing (d) mycelia, (e) conidiophore, and (f) conidia at 40X<br />

and stained with lactophenol blue.<br />

Observed frequency (%)<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

Sterile<br />

lemmas<br />

Awn<br />

Partition<br />

bet. lemma<br />

and palea<br />

Seed part<br />

Entire<br />

seed<br />

Lemma/<br />

palea<br />

only or<br />

both<br />

Fig. 7. Observed frequency of Alternaria padwickii<br />

occurrence on seed part.<br />

Fig. 8. Plate culture of Alternaria padwickii Ellis showing<br />

colony growths on potato dextrose agar (PDA), potato<br />

sucrose agar (PSA), and malt extract agar (MEA)<br />

incubated at ambient room temperature (ART), 21 °C,<br />

and 28 °C at 15 d after inoculation.<br />

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