1Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030, Andhra Pradesh, India
National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad- 500030, Andhra Pradesh, India
Online published on 12 September, 2014.
Studies on seed borne Colletotrichum dematium in horse gram revealed that the infection could reach all parts of the horsegram seed with varied levels of intensity. Seed coat infection was highest (100%) followed by cotyledonary (72%), and embryo infection (30%), at the end of 7th day of incubation. The seed to seedling transmission of the pathogen was observed in the form of poor germination, seed rot and seedling decay.