Abstract
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of some dominant seed borne fungi of Aijung rice variety on seed germination and seedling vigour. Twenty dominant fungi were found associated with Aijung rice seeds. Analysis of seed borne fungi by blotter method and agar plate method showed that species of Aspergillus, Fusarium, Alternaria and Curvularia are the dominant genera. Seed germination and seedling vigour tests were conducted using seed inoculation, soil inoculation and seed submergence method. Maximum reduction in seed germination and seedling vigour was caused by species of Fusarium in seed inoculation method, by species of Rhizopus and Fusarium in soil inoculation method and by species of Aspergillus in seed submergence method. In another experiment healthy rice seeds were soaked in 25, 50, 75 and 100% concentration of 7-, 14and 21day-old culture filtrates of the isolated seed borne fungi. Maximum reduction in seed germination was recorded from 21-day-old culture filtrates. The inhibitory effect on seed germination was found to decrease with increase in dilution of the filtrates.
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