BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 3

Effect of Fusarium on starch content in seeds

  • Author:
  • Bhagwan M. Waghmare, S. R. Shinde, G. T. Sumanth
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 249 to 250

* Dept. of Botany, B.P. College, Kinwat Dt. Nanded. (M. S.).

** Dept. of P. G. Studies in Botany, Adarsh College, Omerga. Dt. Osmanabad (M.S.).

Botany Research Centre, Department of Botany, Maharashtra Mahavidyalaya, Nilanga. Dt. Latur.

Abstract

Eight species of Fusarium were tested for hydrolyzing starch, out of which F. oxysporum and F. semitectum were found to be responsible for maximum degradation of starch in comparison to other species.

Keywords

Fusarium spp, Starch, Seeds