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SEED-BORNE MYCOFLORA OF CAPSICUM ANNUUM IMPORTED FROM INDIA

 SHARFUN-NAHAR, MUHAMMAD MUSHTAQ^* AND IQBAL H. PATHAN

Abstract: Using standard blotter and deep-freezing techniques, seed-borne mycoflora of 40 samples from consignments of Capsicum annuum L. (red chillies var. Dhora, imported from India) was studied. Of the 47 fungal species Absidia corymbifera, Acremonium fusidioides, Aspergillus tamarii, Blakeslea sp., Cephaliophora irregularis, Cladosporium accacicola, Scopulariopsis sp., Streptomyces sp., Tritirachium sp., and Ulocladium tuberculatum have been not reported before from seeds as well as pericarp of C. annuum.
 

Department of Plants Protection, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Govt. of Pakistan, Jinnah Avenue, Malir Halt, Karachi, Pakistan.