Abstract:
Soil microflora (fungi) of wheat fields of NIFA was studied using dilution plate technique. A total of 218 fungus colonies were isolated out of which 211 were identified which belonged to 16 different fungus genera, whereas only 7 isolates could not be identified. This study revealed that maximum number of fungus colonies were isolated from Di (1:1,000) followed by D2 (1:5,000) and D3 (1:10,000) in almost all the cases. However, dilution plate technique was proved to be quite successful and found satisfactory. It was also observed from the present study that Aspergillus sp. occurred at a high frequency (19.72%) followed by Mucor sp. and Trichoderma sp. Moreover, different species of fungi belonging to Alternaria, Rhizoctonia, Helminthosporium, Cladosporium, Pencillium, Aspergillus and Phoma were isolated which have been reported to be pathogenic on wheat.
Page(s):
143-148
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Year: 1985