Algal Flora of Maize Field Soil in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra.

Soil algae are one of the significant components of soil microflora. They play animportant role in fertility of soil. Blue green algae fixes atmospheric nitrogen and increases thefertility of soil. The cultivated field ecosystem provides a favourable environment for the growthand development of algae. Present research work deals with the study of algal flora of Maize(Zea mays L.) field, located in Shrirampur tehsil area of Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. Inorder to study algal flora of maize field, algal samples from moist places of field were collectedat regular intervals from July 2017 to October 2017. Bold’s basal medium was also used toculture algae from soil of maize field. Collected and cultured algal samples were observed withthe help of standard literature on algae. A total of 47 species under 29 genera belonged to