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TY - JOUR AU - M.Chavan2, Anil U. Kulkarni1 and Ashok PY - 2010/08/29 Y2 - 2025/09/23 TI - Fungal Load on Zea mays Seeds and their Biocontrol JF - Journal of Experimental Sciences JA - JES VL - 1 IS - 2 SE - Life Sciences DO - UR - https://www.updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/jes/article/view/1700 SP - AB - <div style="border-right: medium none; padding-right: 0in; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-left: 0in; background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left: medium none; padding-top: 1pt; border-bottom: medium none; mso-element: para-border-div; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0in 0in 0in; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: ">Seed borne fungi of maize (<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Zea mays</em>) were isolated from fifteen varieties on blotter and different agar media. Total eleven, twelve and twenty fungi were isolated from fifteen varieties of maize on blotter paper, Czepek dox Agar (CZA) and Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) respectively. Seed mycoflora of abnormal seeds was studied. Maximum incidence of fungi was observed on discoloured seeds followed by cracked and shrunken seeds. Attempts were also made to control seed mycoflora by using <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Trichoderma viride</em>. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Trichoderma viride</em> showed maximum inhibition zone against <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Alternaria alternata</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fusarium oxysporum</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Helminthosporium tetramera</em>, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Penicillium notatum</em> and <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rhizoctonia solani</em>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0in 0in 0in; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black; font-family: "><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">^{<span style="font-size: 6pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">1</span>}<span style="font-size: 6pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Department of Botany, Lal Bahadur Shashtri College Partur, Dist Jalna, India; ²Department of Botany, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad- 431 004. (M.S.) India</span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong></p></div><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 0in 0in 0in; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in;"><br style="page-break-before: always; mso-break-type: section-break;" /><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><em>* Corresponding Author, Email:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></em><a href="mailto:ram_mango@yahoo.com"><em>ram_mango@yahoo.com</em></a></span></p><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: ">Please Cite This Article As</span></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: ">: Anil U. Kulkarni and Ashok M.Chavan. 2010. Fungal Load on Zea mays Seeds and their Biocontrol. J. Exp. Sci. 1(2): 20-25.</span></p></span></span></span></div> ER -