Table 1 Mycological analysis of stored food seeds of chickpea.

From: Application of clove and dill oils as an alternative of salphos for chickpea food seed storage

Fungi recorded

Blotter method

Agar plate method

US

SS

US

SS

Alternaria alternate (Fr.) Keissler

4.1 ± 0.05

2.0 ± 0.03

4.1 ± 0.03

Aspergillus flavus Link

55.3 ± 0.08

20.1 ± 0.09

51.0 ± 0.16

24.9 ± 0.06

A. nigervan Tieghem

50.4 ± 0.27

23.7 ± 0.08

52.0 ± 0.26

27.7 ± 0.03

A. ochraceous Wilhelm

13.0 ± 0.17

4.5 ± 0.03

12.0 ± 0.25

6.7 ± 0.13

A.oryzae (Ahlburg) E. Cohn

3.0 ± 0.06

3.1 ± 0.05

A. terreusThom

11.0 ± 0.17

3.5 ± 0.17

20.6 ± 0.27

5.7 ± 0.17

A. sydowi (Bainier and Sartory) Thom and Church

4.3 ± 0.07

2.1 ± 0.06

6.0 ± 0.05

1.0 ± 0.04

Chaetomium globosum Kunze

16.0 ± 0.05

1.0 ± 0.04

Colletotrichum dematium (Pers.) Grove

6.0 ± 0.04

1.0 ± 0.03

Curvularia lunata (Wakker) Boedijn

4.1 ± 0.05

2.1 ± 0.04

6.0 ± 0.03

1.0 ± 0.04

Fusarium moniliforme Sheldon

3.2 ± 0.01

3.0 ± 0.02

4.1 ± 0.09

F. oxysporum von Schlechtendal

40.1 ± 0.31

17.6 ± 0.26

50.0 ± 0.31

27.7 ± 0.25

F. solani (Mart.) Sacc

2.1 ± 0.04

2.3 ± 0.06

3.1 ± 0.05

1.3 ± 0.05

Penicillium italicum Wehmer

2.2 ± 0.04

Rhizopus stolonifer Vuillemin

3.3 ± 0.03

0.2 ± 0.01

Rhizoctonia solani J.G. Kühn

4.2 ± 0.07

2.1 ± 0.06

6.0 ± 0.05

1.0 ± 0.04

Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc

6.2 ± 0.03

2.0 ± 0.03

  1. US unsterilized seeds, SS sterilized seeds, SD standard deviation.
  2. –Absence of fungal species.
  3. *Values given are mean of three replicates.