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ZOOSPORIC FUNGI IN WHEAT FIELDS OF KUMAUN HIMALAYA

Volume : 74
Issue: Jan-jan
Pages: 1 - 5
Published: September 22, 2023
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Abstract


Seventeen species belonging to five genera of zoosporic fungi were isolated from dise- ased seads, seedling roots and soils of wheat from different sites of Kumaun Himalaya. A maximum number of species was recorded from Zone A (350-600 m) and minimum from zone C (1200-1800 m). Achlya diffusa, Harvey ex Johnson, A. flagellata, Coker, Py- thium echinulatum Matthews, P. rostratum Butler. P. spinosum Sawada and P. ultimum Trow were occured as parasites of wheat. In inoculation experiments, A. flagellata and P. ultimum appeared as highly pathogenic caused rotting of seeds and seedling roots in great extent. A. diffusa and P. epinosum also caused considerable loss, while P. echi- nulatum and P. rostratum were mild pathogenic to wheat.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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