Annals of Plant Protection Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2002
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1

Effect of Nutritonal Factors on Toxin Production in Alternaria triticina: A foliar Pathogen of Wheat

  • Author:
  • Shabana Parveen, Vijay R. Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 103 to 105

Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 302 004, India.

Abstract

Different media, carbon and nitrogen sources influenced the production of toxic mtabolites by Alternaria triticina. Maximum toxin production was recorded from RI medium. Sucrose as carbon source and glutamic acid as organic nitrogen sources were the best for toxin production.

Keywords

Alternaria triticina, Nutritional factor, Toxin, Wheat