Authors : Sanjay Kumar, Sandip Shende
Page Nos : 311-315
Description :
Aerospora consists fungus spores, pollen grains, different forms of bacteria, hyphal fragments, insect’s parts, etc. air compose of significant proportion of fungi and tiny practical floating in air. They play an important role in biodeterioration and degradation, act as an allergy trigger, cause of disease in human beings, animals and plants, as well due to their higher concentration in the air creates environmental pollution. Information regarding composition of various fungal spores play important role for identifying different allergens and pathogens present in the air. In vegetable market environment aeromycoflora contains mostly fungal spores which causes the diseases to vegetable and the various allergies to human beings. Aero mycological survey was carried out in the vegetable market of gondpipari region using Rotorod air Sampler for the period of one year. Total 20 fungal forms were recorded during the study period. Aspergillus (11%), Rhizopus (8.1%), Sporidesmium (6.72%), Exosporium (6.46%), and Curvularia (5.4%) were recorded as the predominant forms whereas Alternaria, Bispora, Heterosporium, etc. were found with comparatively low concentration. It was observed the concentration of the spores in the air differ from season to season probably due to variation in meteorological parameters. The most common fungi identified were species of Curvularia, Cladosporium, Alternaria, Penicillium Aspergillus, and Fusarium. The composition and concentration of fungal spores considerably varied from season to season probably due to variation in meteorological parameters. During Winter season it shows higher number of fungal colonies than rainy session and less number of fungal colony is recorded in summer season.
