Department of Botany, Yeshavantrao Chavan Indtitute of Science, Satara 415 001 (M.S.).
Seed treatment with 0.05% mercuric chloride for six hours was found most suitable to control growth of seed borne fungi, without affecting germination of groundnut and Bengal gram seeds.
Groundnut, Gram, Seed germinatior, Mercuric Chloride, Seed borne fungi