1Indian Instt. of Horticultural Research, 255, Upper Palace Orchards, Bangalore-6.
2J & K., Horticulture Deptt., Fruit Research Sub-Station, Balpora Shoepion, Kashmir.
Punjab University, Chandigarh
*Part of the thesis submitted to the Punjab University, Chandigarh, for M. Sc. (Agric.) 1969 by Junior author.
Fungal flora of seven seed samples of tomato, collected from different sources in Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh was studied. Fungi belonging to 13 different genera were isolated from sterilized and unsterilized seeds. Seedborne nature of Sepedonium sp. and Verticillium lateritium was recorded for the first time. V. lateri-tium, Fusarium sporotrichioides are new fungi recorded for India. Curvularia era-grostidis, F. sporotrichioides, F. oxysporum, Cochliobolus spicifer, Cladosporium fulvum, V. lateritium and Stemphyliutn consortiale were pathogenic on tomato seedlings.
