Table 4 Percent frequency of isolated mycobiota from of stored seeds of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from places of Eastern UP viz., Basti, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj and Siddhartha Nagar and Gurgaon district Haryana viz., Farrukhnagar, Manesar, Pataudi, Sohna, Bilaspur.
Fungi recorded | Unsterilized seed | P-value | Sterilized seed | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blotter method | Agar plate method | Blotter method | Agar plate method | |||
Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissler | 3.1 ± 0.16 | 5.1 ± 0.08 | 0.000059 | 2.1 ± 0.10 | – | 0.0000097 |
Aspergillus candidus Pers ex | 2.1 ± 0.04 | 4.1 ± 0.09 | 0.0000099 | – | – | – |
A. flavus Link | 29.0 ± 0.13 | 29.0 ± 0.14 | 1.0 | 4.6 ± 0.15 | 9.7 ± 0.11 | 0.00000012 |
A. niger van Tieghem | 27.0 ± 0.12 | 22.0 ± 0.15 | 0.000997 | 3.7 ± 0.13 | 7.7 ± 0.19 | 0.0000004 |
A. ochraceous Wilhelm | 23.0 ± 0.10 | 22.0 ± 0.07 | 0.159902 | 4.6 ± 0.13 | 7.7 ± 0.09 | 0.0000028 |
A. tamarii Kita | 3.0 ± 0.12 | 3.2 ± 0.17 | 0.070484 | – | – | – |
A. terreus Thom | 21.0 ± 0.45 | 30.6 ± 0.33 | 0.000225 | 4.5 ± 0.40 | 6.7 ± 0.11 | 0.000069 |
A. sydowi (Bainier and Sartory) Thom and Church | 5.3 ± 0.16 | 5.0 ± 0.18 | 0.06532 | 2.1 ± 0.19 | 1.0 ± 0.18 | 0.001041 |
Fusarium moniliforme Sheldon | 3.1 ± 0.11 | 5.1 ± 0.17 | 0.0000064 | 2.0 ± 0.13 | – | 0.00000414 |
F. oxysporum von Schlechtendal | 3.1 ± 0.21 | 3.1 ± 0.37 | 1 | 2.1 ± 0.43 | 1.4 ± 0.44 | 0.000193 |
F. solani (Mart.) Sacc | 3.1 ± 0.05 | 3.0 ± 0.44 | 0.327928 | 2.1 ± 0.26 | 1.2 ± 0.29 | 0.000571 |
Penicillium glabrum (Wehmer) Westling | 5.1 ± 0.22 | 2.3 ± 0.24 | 0.0000048 | – | – | – |
Rhizopus nigricans Ehr | 3.1 ± 0.29 | 0.3 ± 0.28 | 0.0000003 | – | – | – |
Syncephalastrum racemosum Cohn | 4.1 ± 0.41 | – | 0.0000006 | – | – | |
Trichoderma viride Pers.ex.Fr | 3.0 ± 0.35 | – | 0.0000001 | – | – | – |
Trichothecium roseum (Persoon) | 3.4 ± 0.25 | – | 0.000000004 | – | – | – |