Isolation and identification of storage fungal pathogen from onion (Allium cepa L.) in Maharashtra, India

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  • Pawar SB Sant Ramdas Arts, Comms and Science College, Ghansawangi, Dist. Jalna (M.S) India
  • Shivakumar Singh P Department of Botany, Palamuru University, Mahabubnagar, Telangana State, India.
  • Chavan AM Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Aurangabad (M.S) India

Abstract

Onion is one of important commercial vegetable crops grown in worldwide. India is second most onion producer. In India Maharashtra is leading state. Present study was investigated of the isolation and identification of storage fungal pathogen on onion, onions are infected from many fungal diseases, such as, Black mold, Blue mold, Botrytis brown stain, and Smudge, are major storage fungal diseases. A complete cause the numbers of storage onion are observed by infected fungi. Diseased sample were collected from the different locality of Maharashtra likewise, Aurangabad, Beed, Jalna, Osmanabad, Nashik, Ahemdnagar and Pune districts. Fungi were isolates from the infected onions of different pathogen as like, Aspergillus niger Penicillium sps Botrytis cinerea Colletotrichum circinans etc.

Key words:  Storage fungal pathogen, onion

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2020-07-30

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Pawar SB, Shivakumar Singh P, & Chavan AM. (2020). Isolation and identification of storage fungal pathogen from onion (Allium cepa L.) in Maharashtra, India. International Journal of Life Sciences, 39–42. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/75

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