Studies on the association of rhizosphere and rhizoplane mycoflora with wilted mango plants (Mangifera indica L.).
Dwivedi B. P., Ruchi Logani, Dwivedi B. K., Shukla D. N.
Author Affiliation: Botany Department, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211 002, India.
Bioved 14 : 21-24
Abstract : Soil samples were collected from different mango-growing areas of Allahabad and Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh, India, to determine the fungi associated with wilted mango. Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus flavus, A. fumigatus, A. niger [A. niger var. niger], Botryodiplodia theobromae, Choanephora sp., Chaetomium globosum, Cladosporium herbarum, Cladosporium sp., Curvularia lunata [Cochliobolus lunatus], Fusarium oxysporum, F. solani, F. equiseti, F. moniliforme [Gibberella moniliformis], F. eumartii, Gliocladium roseum, Macrophomina phaseolina, Penicillium sp., Rhizoctonia sp. and Rhizopus sp. were recorded from the rhizosphere of mango plants. From the rhizoplane of mango, Aspergillus niger, B. theobromae, Choanephora sp., Curvularia lunata, F. oxysporum, F. solani, F. equiseti, Gliocladium roseum, M. phaseolina and Penicillium sp. were found. Their number and frequency varied with location.