MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SEED-BORNE FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH BRRI RICE VARIETIES IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

ociated with seeds of 20 varieties of rice (BRRI dhan 56 to BRRI dhan 75). Fungi
were isolated following "Tissue planting" method and "Blotter method". The
isolated fungi were Alternaria alternata, A. tenuissima, Aspergillus flavus, A.
fumigatus, A. niger, A. ochraceus, A. terreus, Bipolaris multiformis, B. oryzae, B.
sorokiniana, Chaetomium globosum, Curvularia lunata, Fusarium equiseti, F. fugikuroi,
F. oxysporum, F. proliferatum, Microdochium fisheri, Nigrospora oryzae, Penicillium sp.,
Pestalotiopsis oxyanthi, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Rhizopus stolonifer, Sarocladium
oryzae, Syncephalastrum racemosum and Trichoderma viride.