SEED BORNE MYCOFLORA OF LEGUME SEEDS

S The seed mycoflora of different varieties of Legumes was screened by standard blotter paper, agar plate and seed washates methods. Among the three methods, the agar paper method was found to be suitable as in less incubation; there was higher percent incidence of seed mycoflora. The different cultivars of Legumes screened for seed mycoflora were TLG - 45, LGN -1-1, BDN - 9 - 4, N - 59, BSMR - 853, BSMR - 736, BPMR-145, S-8, S-1-1 and T - 9. The Cv. TLG- 45 shows higher percent seed mycoflora with sixteen fungi as compared to other cultivars.