DETECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF SEED BORNE MYCOFLORA IN GREEN GRAM AND EFFECT OF DIFFERENT FUNGICIDES

An experiment was undertaken to identify the seed borne fungi in green gram and subsequently determine their effect on seed germination in laboratory condition. Seed samples were examined in blotter method showed association of ten fungi belonging to eight genera viz., Acremonium strictum, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Curvularia lunata, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium semitectum, Fusarium solani, Macrophomina phaseolina, Phoma medicaginis, Penicillium sp. and Rhizopus sp. In component plating maximum colonization of M. phaseolina was observed in seed coat. Under seedlings symptom test M. phaseolina was found transmissible from seed to plant causing seedling blight. Seed treatment with thiram+carbendazim (2:1) 3g/kg of seed was increasing the seed germination (85.00%), shoot length (11.17 cm), root length (9.27 cm) and seedling vigour index (1734).