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DETECTION OF FUSARIUM MONILIFORME SHELD., THE CAUSE OF SEEDLING WILT OF RICE

S.A. JAMIL KHAN, M. JALALUDDIN* A. GHAFFAR* AND A.K. KHANZADA

Abstract: Among the pathogenic fungi, Fusarium moniliforme Sheld., has been found widely distributed in seeds of different rice cuItivars in Pakistan causing wilt of seedlings (Khan et aI., 1974). Using blotter or agar plate methods, it has been usually difficult to detect and isolate F. moniliforme in pure culture due to the growth of other seedbome fungi such as Alternaria spp., Curvularia spp., Drechslera spp., and Fusarium spp., on rice seeds (Khan et al., 1988). A comparative study was therefore carried out to find more suitable method by which F. moniliforme could be detected and isolated in pure culture from rice seeds.

Crop Diseases Research Institute, PARC, Karachi University Campus, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.
Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.