Seed-borne fungi of some vegetable seeds in gazan province and their chemical control

Abstract EN

Seeds of five locally cultivated tomatos, eggplant, Okra, Radish and Jew's mallow were obtained from farmers at various parts of Jazan province.

Both moist blotter and agar plate methods were used to detect the maximum number of seed-borne fungi.

A total of 30 fungal species belonging to 19 genera were identified.

Okra seeds yielded the highest number of fungal species while egg plant seeds showed the least number of the organism.

The most commonly isolated genera were Alternaria, Fusarium andAspergillus. Three fungicides viz., Benomyl, Cozib and Mancozeb were used for seed treatment before incubation.

Most of the fungi isolated were considerably decreased by fungicides.

However Benomyl was the most effective one.

All tested fungicides appeared to have poor effect onA / ternaria alternate.