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Proc. 98th Indian Science Congress, Part II : Abstracts of Oral/Poster Presentation
34. Incidence of Fungi on Seeds and Husks of Isabgol
Rashami Agarwal and Singh
Department of Botany
Agra College, Agra
Keywords : isbgole, husk, toxigenic mycoflora
Isabgol (Plantago ovata. Forsk) is well known ancient medicinal plant. The
main object of our study was to evaluate the quality of seeds and husks of Isabgol
and to list associated predominant toxigenic mycoflora which is mainly concerned
with the possible health hazards due to intake of mycotoxin contamined husk of
Isabgol is consumed daily by elder people who are suffering from constipation and
digestive disorders. In all 26 fungi were recorded from seed and husk samples of
Isabgol. The predominant fungi includes 16 species of Aspergillus, 3 species of
Penicillium, 4 species of Fusarium and one species each of Acremonium,
Alternaria, Cladosporium, Curvularia, Drechslera, Memnoniella, Mucor,
Nigrospora, Rhizopus, Stachybotrys, Torula, Trichoderma and Ulocladium.
The most dominant mould was Aspergillus flavus. A total of 38 isolates of A.
jlavus were isolated and screened aflatoxigenic nature. Out of these 23 isolates
showed aflatoxigenic nature in orange yellow pigmentation test, thereby showing
aflatoxigenic nature of 60. 60/0 isolates. The other dominant moulds were Fusarium
oxysporum and penicillium citrinum. These forms are also known to elaborate
mycotoxins.
35. Mushrooms and Ethnomycology in North-West Himalaya of Jammu
and Kashmir, India
Sanjeev Kumar* and Yash Pal Sharma
Department of Botany,
University of Jammu, Jammu,
Jammu & Kashmir-180006
Keywords : mushrooms, ethnomycology, edibility
Explorations were undertaken over a period of three years (2006-2009)
to collect and document the wild edible mushroom diversity occurring in the