Abstract

                                Five tungicides were employed by dusting seeds (0,3 w/w) against the seed my- coflora and per cent germination of seeds of two varieties of Setaria italica viz. VL16 and Arjuna were studied. In VL 16 variety, Agrosan?GN and Difolatan showed the best results inhibiting most of the fungi associated with seeds and had no ad- verse effect on seed germination except Difolatan which decreases the length of root and shoot. Agrosan GN and Dithane Z-78 also had adverse effect on root length. The Agar plate exhibited similar results with little deviation, whereas in Arjuna variety Difolatan completely checked the growth of all fungi and had no adverse effect on seed germination. Agrosan GN, Dithane M-45, Biltox-50 and Dithane Z-78 showed good results inhibiting most of the fungi associated with seeds and Dithane M-45 had adverse effect on root and shoot lengths in comparision to control. How- ever, the germination was found to be increased in all treatments in comparision to control,

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