Inventario fúngico asociado a las semillas de cultivares de cardo (Cynara cardunculus L.)

PALMERO D., C. IGLESIAS, J. SINOBAS f. 2005. Analysis of the fungal microbiota associated with thistle seeds cultivare (Cynara cardunculus L.). Bol. San. Veg. Plagas, 31: 277-285. Fungal population in a total of 54 samples of thistle seeds harvested between 199293 and 1997-98 seasons were examined, 10 samples belonged to the Servicio de Investigacion Agraria (Badajoz), and 44 samples of the Department of Botany of the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Agronomos (Madrid). The presence of the different species varied based on the localities and the years of harvest. Among the fungal genus isolated we can find a great amount of common saprophytes as: Penicillium, Alternaria, Rhizopus and Cladosporium, according to their potential pathogenicity we have to emphasize species of the genus Fusarium or Aspergillus.