Isolation of field mycoflora at different growth stages of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) of Hamelmalo region in Eritrea Naqvi Syed Danish Yaseen*, Rao G. Sethumadhava, Michael Feven, Fitwi Yohana Department of Plant Protection, Hamelmalo Agricultural College, Hamelmalo, Keren, Africa *Email ID: syeddanishnaqvi84@gmail.com
Online published on 30 November, 2019. Abstract Pearl millet and sorghum are the major staple foods in Eritrea. The soil is predominantly sandy loam. Several seed and soil borne diseases are occurring in these crops. Soil samples were collected from the fields of pearl millet and sorghum at their different growth stages from the villages of Basheri and Wazentit. Estimation of fungi was done by moistened blotter paper and isolation in Potato Dextrose Agar medium. A total of 11 fungal flora were identified. Among them Pythium debaryanum was common in three different growth stages of crops i.e. sapling stage, flowering stage and pre-harvesting stage. Maximum incidence of fungal numbers of Pythium debaryanum was recorded in the field of pearl millet crop. On the contrary, the soil samples collected from pearl millet of both villages did not show presence of Aspergillus terreus, where as Cladosporium cladosporoides and Rhizopus sp. were not observed from the sorghum fields. Top Keywords Pearl millet, sorghum, colony forming units, growth stages soil-mycoflora. Top |