Md.Shahidul Islam¹, Md. Nazirul Islam Sarker², Md. Arshad Ali³

¹Department of Department of Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
²Department of Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
³Department of Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

Wheat is being attacked by several fungal pathogens, many of them are seed-borne. These fungi were detected by the methods as recommended by the ISTA. The experiment was conducted at the Seed Pathology Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during January, 2006 to February, 2007 to record and identify the seed borne fungi associated with wheat seeds as well as their control with some chemicals. The seeds were collected from ten villages of each of two different locations of Dinajpur district (Dinajpur Sadar upazila and Birgonj upazila). Different seed borne fungi such as Bipolaris sorokiniana, Ahernaria tenuis, Curvularia lunata, Fusurium spp, Aspergillus niger and A. flavus were predominant with the wheat seeds of two locations of Dinajpur district. Three chemical fungicides such as Vitavax 200, Bavistin and Captan were used to evaluate their effect on seed-borne fungi of wheat seeds. Among the used chemicals Vitavax 200 showed potential effect compared to others. However, if considerable effect of Vitavax 200 fungicide to the environment and it performance in field trail were observed Vitavax 200 could be used to control wheat seed born fungi.

Key words: Triticum aestivum, seed-borne fungi, Vitavax 200, Bavistin, Captan.

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How to cite this article: MS Islam, MNI Sarker and MA Ali (2015). Effect of seed borne fungi on germinating wheat seed and their treatment with chemicals. International Journal of Natural and Social Sciences, 2(1): 28-32.