Perfect Stage of Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.

Misra, A. P.; Haque, S. Q.

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“…In vitro basidiospore formation of S. rolfsii was reported by several workers (Gato 1930;Mundkur 1934;Mishra and Haque 1960;Kulkarni and Ahmed 1966, Ahmed et al 1967, 1968Kulkarni and Ahmed, 1967a, b;Punja et al 1982). However, in all these reports, the time required for basidiospore formation ranged from two weeks to a few months.…”

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Role of air and Light in Sclerotial Development and Basidiospore Formation in Sclerotium Rolfsii

Maurya¹,

Singh²,

Singh³

et al. 2010

Journal of Plant Protection Research

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Sclerotium rolfsii is one of the devastating soil-borne phytopathogens which causes severe loss at the time of seedling development. It also causes leaf spots in several crops and wild plants. Petri plates, containing potato dextrose agar medium, were inoculated with S. rolfsii. Two-third area of three, 50% area of three and 100% area of other three plates were sealed with cellophane tape.The other three plates were not sealed. All the plates were incubated at 27±2°C. Two sets of such plates were prepared. One set was incubated in light whereas the other set in the dark. There was no significant difference in mycelial growth and number of sclerotia among them but significant difference was observed when compared to the control, i.e. the plates which were not sealed. Sclerotium and basidiospore formation were directly influenced by air as completely sealed plates failed to produce sclerotia and basidiospores.Basidiospores were produced abundantly in the light and in the dark conditions in unsealed plates only on Cyperus rotundus rhizome meal agar medium.

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