Seed-borne fungi represent a significant biotic limitation in contemporary agricultural research, posing a substantial danger to seedling establishment globally. Four distinct methodologies to investigate the dissemination rate of seed-borne fungus in jute and associated fiber crops were used. The nine varieties of fiber crops were V 1 = Jute cvl-1, V 2 = BJRI deshi jute-5 (0-795), V 3 = BJRI deshi jute-6 (0-3820), V 4 = BJRI deshi jute-7 (BJC-2142), V 5 = BJRI deshi jute-8 (BJC-2197), V 6 = Kenaf (HC-2), V 7 = Kenaf (HC-95), V 8 = BJRI Kenaf-4, and V 9 = Mesta (HS-24). The experiment was conducted from June 2018 to January 2019 at the laboratory and net house of the Plant Pathology Department at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, under a Completely Randomized Design with three replications. The blotter technique detected five fungal species across nine distinct varieties, while V 5 exhibited the maximum proportion of seed-borne fungus (7.00), according to this study. Botryodiplodia theobromae , Fusarium spp., Aspergillus spp., Colletotrichum corchori and Curvularia lunata comprise the genera. The water agar technique demonstrated that V 4 contained the most linked seed-borne fungus (5.67), with specific varieties containing five fungal species. C. corchori , C. lunata , Fusarium spp., Aspergillus spp., and M. phaseolina were the organisms that were identified. The V 2 , V 3 and V 4 cultivars had the highest incidence of seed-borne fungus (2.00), with four fungal species identified by the test tube approach. The organisms identified were C. corchori , Fusarium spp., Aspergillus spp., and M. phaseolina . Among all approaches, V 5 had the greatest post-emergence mortality, followed by variety V 9 , while variety V 7 displayed the least mortality. Four fungal genera were identified: Aspergillus species, Fusarium spp., B. theobromae and C. corchori . Variety V 7 had the lowest across all methods, whereas variety V 5 had the highest post-emergence mortality, followed by variety V 9 . In contrast to other varieties, V 5 shown greater efficacy against seed-borne fungi associated with jute and allied fibers.
KeywordsDetection and IdentificationIncubation MethodsColletotrichum corchoriBotryodiplodia theobromaeMacrophomina phaseolinaCurvularia lunata
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