Studies on Storage Seed Mycoflora of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
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Seed Mycoflora, Groundnut, TAG-24, SB-XIAbstract
Present investigation was undertaken to study effect of different storage periods and different storage containers on incidence of seed mycoflora of two different varieties of Groundnut viz. TAG-24 and SB-XI. In both the varieties seeds stored for the period of 180 days showed the presence of more number of fungi (10) with maximum percent incidence while seeds stored for the period of 120 days and 300 days showed the presence of less number of fungi with poor percent incidence as compared with seeds stored for the other test storage periods. Seed borne fungi like Aspergillus candidus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigates, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus terreus, and Rhizopus nigricans were found to be more common and dominant on the seeds stored for all the test storage periods but their percent incidence was different for different storage periods. It is evident that in case of both the varieties of Groundnut, the seeds stored in gunny bags as well as in cloth bags showed highest counts of mycoflora while the seeds in polythene bags showed no effect in number of fungi but their percent incidence was very low. It is also evident that the variety SB-XI showed more resistance against mycoflora than TAG-24.
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