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.

From: Deciphering of seed Health of common food grains (wheat, rice) of North Eastern UP and Gurgaon Haryana, India

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

  1. –: Absence of fungal species; US: Unsterilized seeds; SS: Sterilized seeds.
  2. *Values given are mean of three replicates; SD = Standard Deviation.
  3. Significant values are in bold.