TY - JOUR AU - Mohanto, Ratan Chandro AU - Shahriar, Saleh Ahmed AU - Ahmmed, Abu Noman Faruq AU - Nishi, Farzana Afrin AU - Khatun Eaty, Most. Nurjahan PY - 2019/05/12 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Prevalence of seed-borne fungi of different vegetables seeds in Bangladesh JF - Research in Biotechnology JA - RIB VL - 10 IS - 0 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.25081/rib.2019.v10.5513 UR - https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/rib/article/view/5513 SP - 01-05 AB - <p>The experiment was carried out to evaluate the prevalence of seed-borne fungi of ten selected vegetables seeds e.g. amaranth, Indian spinach, bottle gourd, sweet gourd, snake gourd, okra, bitter gourd, cucumber, brinjal and country bean. Untreated and unknown grower’s bulk vegetables loose seeds were collected from three different seed sources of Rangpur district, Bangladesh e.g. New Bangla Seeds; Islam Seeds and Rafiq Traders. The high level of infection was found in the seeds of Rafiq Traders and the lowest infection was observed in the seeds of New Bangla Seeds. Islam Seeds provided moderate infection of fungal pathogens. Fungal fruiting bodies, mycelium (white and cottony) and acervuli were found under microscopic observation. The observed physical abnormalities viz. deformed, shrinkage, swelling, spotted and undersized seeds were recorded from all seed sources. <em>Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium </em>sp., <em>Alternaria </em>sp., <em>Chaetomium </em>sp<em>., Rhizopus </em>sp. and unidentified bacteria were observed by blotter method<em>. Aspergillus flavus </em>showed maximum incidence (9.0%) in okra and minimum incidence (5.50%) in brinjal. <em>Aspergillus niger </em>was the most predominant (9.0%) in sweet gourd and minor (5.0%) in bottle gourd. Incidence of <em>Fusarium </em>sp. (5.0%) and <em>Rhizopus </em>sp. (8.75%) were predominant in bottle gourd. The lowest incidence for <em>Fusarium </em>sp. (2.50%) and <em>Rhizopus </em>sp. (3.0%) were found in snake gourd and amaranth respectively. The highest incidence of <em>Alternaria </em>sp. (4.75%) and <em>Chaetomium </em>sp<em>. </em>(9.0%) were found both in sweet gourd and bitter gourd but minimum incidence of <em>Alternaria sp.</em> (2.0%) and <em>Chaetomium </em>(3.75%) were recorded in amaranth and okra respectively. In case of unidentified bacteria, maximum incidence (4.50%) was recorded in bottle gourd.</p> ER -