RESEARCH ARTICLES

Volume 9 |Issue 2| March-April 2021                                 First published: 30 April 2021

Consequences of relative humidity (RH%) and temperature on occurrence of storage fungi of niger (Guizotia abyssinica) oil seed

Deshmukh AM

Department of Botony, Pratisthan Mahavidyala , Paithan MS, India

Email: drdeshmukh.a.m@gmail.com

Abstract

In the present study an attention was made to determine the effect of relative humidity (RH) and temperature on shelf life of Niger seed borne fungi of Marathwada. The seed born fungi naturally linked with oil seeds causes seed worsening. The oil seeds become unfit for utilization. The seed borne fungi causes diseases to crop plant and inhabit seed germination. The seeds mycoflora of Niger (local, N8 and Ootacomand) was detected by standard blotter method and Agar plate method. During present work following fungal species were obtained: Alternaria alternate, Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus niger, Rhizopus nigricans, Aspergillus flavus, Penicillium expansum, Curvularia lunata, etc. It was found that relative humidity (RH) and temperature habitually affect the quality of seeds in the storage condition. The percentage occurrence of fungi found different relative humidity and temperature. The relative humidity 80% was found to be more favourable for the fungal prevalence while it is optimum at 40%. The temperature 30℃ was found to be more favourable for the prevalence of fungi on Niger seeds.

Keywords:Niger, Relative humidity, Temperature, Seed borne fungi

Editor: Dr.Arvind Chavhan

Cite this article as:
Deshmukh AM. Consequences of relative humidity (RH%) and temperature on occurrence of storage fungi of niger (Guizotia abyssinica) oil seed, Int. Res. Journal of Science & Engineering, 2021, Volume 9(2): 66-68.

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