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fungistatic against some pathogens. Higher counts of seed-borne fungi were
detected from discoloured seeds of rice than from those of normal colour.
Alternaria triticina was also found to be associated with normal healthy seeds.
Shrivelling in case of cultivar Jalgaon-781 of mungbean was not found to be
associated with seed-borne fungal infection. [AS]
*0558 Singh, Iqbal ; Chohan, J.S. 1973. Seed borne fungi in greengram
(Phaseolus aureus) in the Punjab. INDIAN JOURNAL OF MYCOLOGY AND PLANT
PATHOLOGY, v.3(2):199. [En] (REP.MB-1562)
Seed-borne fungi of mungbean were detected by standard blotter and agar
method. The fungi found were Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, Chaetomium
olivaceus, Fusarium oxysporum, Penicillium chrysogenum, Rhizopus arrhizus,
Rhizoctonia bataticola, and Sporotrichum sp. Fungi of pathogenic capabilities
are discussed. [THH]
*0559 Bilgrami, K.S. ; Prasad, T. ; Jamaluddin ; Roy, A.K. 1976. Studies on
the deterioration of some pulses by fungi. INDIAN PHYTOPATHOLOGY,
v.29(4):374-377. [EnJ [En AbstJ (REP.MB-1906)
A large number of fungi were found to be associated with the seeds of
mungbean (Vigna radiata Wilczek) and blackgram (V. mungo Hepper) in storage.
The frequency of occurrence of A. flavus was the highest. This fungus caused a
loss in weight of the seeds and it also changed sugar, amino acid and organic
acid constituents of the seeds. In general there was a loss in sugar and amino
acid contents but few amino acids and organic acids were synthesized by A.
flavus during deterioration of seeds. [AS]
*0560 Tandon, R.N. 197b. Achaetomum: a new record of seed-borne pathogen
ot Phaseolus aureus. INDIAN PHYTOPATHOLOGY, v.29(4):464-465. [En]
(REP.MB-1905)
A fungus isolated from the sterilized seeds and the cotyledons was
identified as Achaetomium strumarium. The pathogenicity test indicated that 58%
seedlings showed the symptoms of pre-emergence and post emergence seedling rot
and seedling blight. [THH]
*0561 Vidhyasekaran, P. ; Arjunan, G. 1976. Fungicide treatments of
blackgram seeds for the control of storage fungi. MADRAS AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL,
v.63(5/7):393-395. [EnJ (REP.MB-1768)
Blackgram seeds treated with five fungicides were stored for several
months. Up to the initial storage period of three months, the effect of
fungicide treatments on the yield potential of the stored seeds was not
exhibited. But thiram and captan treatments maintained the potential for five
months or more, while that of seeds treated with other fungicides or untreated,
declined markedly. [AS]
*0562 Khan, A.L. ; Alam, K.B. ; Talukdar, M.J. 1977. Seed-borne fungi of
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