Studies on Rhizosphere soil mycoflora in different agriculture crop field’s in Karnataka’s Northern dry zone
I. D. Mohammad Yaseen and Nafeesa Begum
aP.G. Department of Botany and Seed Technology, Sahyadari Science College, Shivamogga, Kuvempu University Shankaragatta-577451 (India) E-mail: mdibotanyyaseen@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The Rhizosphere soil samples were collected from various agricultural crop fields of Bajra and Pigeon pea in seven districts of the Northern Dry Zone Karnataka,during the rabbi season.By using a serial dilution method, those collected samples were inoculated in Martins Rose Bengal Agar (MRBA) medium and supplemented by suitable antibiotics such as chloramphenicol which inhibits the growth of bacteria.The main objective of this study was to investigate the fungal diversity in various agricultural crop fields of Bajra and Pigeon pea in Karnataka’s Northern Dry Zone (India). There were a total of 1021 colonies isolated. About 34 species of fungi comprising 7 families and 11 genera were isolated and identified, while 6 strains remained unknown. Morphological identification and characterization of the soil isolates were carried out by using authentic soil fungi manuals. Deuteromycotina will have the most fungal colonies, while zygomycotina had the lowest. Aspergillus flavus, A. fumigatus, A. nidulans, A. niger, A. terreus, Trichoderma sps, Paecilomyce sps, and Verticillium sps were most common isolates.The mycoflora’s percentile contribution was visibly and statistically investigated.