Abstract:
Seed samples of coriander from 15 countries were analyzed for seed-borne mycoflora. Of the 88 samples examined, 14 genera and 24 species of fungi were isolated alongwith certain unidentified yeasts and bacteria. Altemaria altemata, Fusarium monilifonne and Phoma sp., were predominant in seed samples of Pakistan and India. Other fungi isolated were Alternaria longissima, A. powi, Ascochyta sp., Booyodiplodia sp., Bovytis cinerea, Cephalospo rium acrononium, Colletotrichum capsici, Drechslera bicolor, D. rostrata, D. tetramera, Fusarium equiseti, E oxysporum, R semitecnun, E solani, Macrophomina phaseolina, Myrothecium roridum, M. venucaria, Protomyces macrosporus, Pythium spinosum and Verticillium albo-atrum. In pathogenicity tests
F. solani caused seed rot and wilting of coriander seedlings.
