Potato Journal
  • Year: 1993
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 2

Prevalence of seed-borne fungi of true potato seed (TPS) in Bangladesh

  • Author:
  • T.K. Dey, A.H.M. Jafar, A.L. Khan, M.S. Ali1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 87 to 90

1Tuber Crops Research Centre, BARI, Joydebpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh.

Abstract

Thirteen to fifteen fungal sp. representing nine genera were found to be associated with true potato seed (TPS) during 1989–90 and 1990–91, respectively. The most commonly occurring fungi were: Fusarium oxysporum, Curoularta lunata, Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, Cladosporium sp., Alternaria tenuis, Fusarium solani and F. moniliformae.