Jyoti Chauhan1 and Geeta Singh2
1Department of Botany, Meerut College, Meerut (U.P.)
2Department of Botany, R.G. (P.G.) College, Meerut (U.P.)
Abstract: Two chemical fungicides were tested against some seed-borne fungi viz. Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus flavus, A.nige, Fusarium solani, Myrothecium roridum and Rhizopus spp. for the evaluation of inhibition of mycelial growth. Of the three fungicides used, Ridomil gave good results at all the concentrations against all the test fungi compared with Bavistin.
Keywords: Bitter gourd, chemical fungicides, mycelial growth, seed-borne mycoflora
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