Department of Plant Pathology and Agril. Microbiology, Mahatma Phule Agriculture University, Rahuri, Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, (India)
Online published on 26 August, 2016.
Morphological variability in 28 isolates of A. flavus showed significant variation. The Dendrogram showed two major clusters. Cluster A consisted 18, while cluster B 10 isolates and showed similarity/dissimilarity in morphological characters viz., conidial colour, conidial wall, conidial size, conidial shape, sclerotial shape, sclerotial size, sclerotial colour, growth pattern, isolate group, yellow orange pigmentation and aflatoxin synthesis ability.
