PRELIMINAR STUDIES OF HEALTH TEST!NG IN OKRA SEED FROM DIFFERENT ORIGINS OF RIO DE JANEIRO STATE
MARIA DO CARMO ARAÚJO FERNANDES, OSWALDO CARLOS DE ALMEIDA, ROZANE DA CUNHA E CHARLES F. ROBBS
Seeds of okra produced in different parts of the state of Rio de Janeiro, were health tested by the Blotter Test and by plating out on BDA medium, with the aim of studying the fungi associated to them and to detect patogenic species. The fungi isolated were: Ascochyta abelmoschi, Botryodiplodia theobromae, Colletotrichum sp., Fusarium oxysporum, Macrophomina phaseolina, Phomopsis sp., Rhizoctonia solani, Aspergillus sp., Bipolaris sp., Curvularia sp.. Nigrospora sp., Penicillium spp., Rhizopus nigricans, Spadicoides sp., Trichoderma sp. and Trichothecium sp. The first seven microorganism were considered patogenic by the teste of patogenicity carried out ?in vitro?. There were variations concerning quality and quantity in the fungus microflora among the different samples of seeds and the health method used.
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