Authors : P. N. Nasare
Page Nos : 171-175
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Abstract:
The present work was carried out on fruits to study fungal diversity. The fruits were purchased and collected from Budhwar Bazar, Sakkardara Chauk, Nagpur and allowed to grow fungus on them. Among these collected 19 fruits those infected by fungus were identified as Humicola sp. (Pyrus malus L.); Mucor sp. (Psidium guajava L.); Fusarium sp.( Carica papaya L.); Aspergillus niger (Punica granatum L.); Mucor sp. (Syzygium cumunii (Linn.) Skeels; Aspergillus sp. (Vitis vinifera L.); Aspergillus niger (Citrulus lanatus L.); Aureobasidium sp. (Annona squamosa L.); Aspergillus flavus (Phoenix dactylifera L.); Aspergillus sp. (Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Corr; Fusarium sp. (Pyrus communis); Penicillium sp. ( Cucumis melon L.); Aspergillus sp. (Emblica officinalis Garetn); Mucor sp. (Cocos nucifera L.); Aspergillus sp. (Lumonia acidissima Linn.); Fusarium sp. (Citrus indica L.); Trichoderma sp. (Citrus reticulata Syn L.); Fusarium sp. (Carissa carandus L.); Aspergillus sp. (Manilkara zapota L.) respectively. This shows that there is a great fungal diversity in fruits.
Keywords: Fungal diversity, fruits, Budhwar Bazar, Nagpur.
