Several fungi have been reported to cause diseases on groundnut. Noble et al (1958) reported the following fungi, Cercospora arachidicola, C personata, Macrphomina phaseoli, Sclerotium rolfsii, Thielaviopsis basicola, Diplodia spp., Fusarium spp. and Aspergillus niger as pathogenic on groundnut. Norton et al. (1954) found A. flavus as a pathogen on groundnut. Besides these, numerous fungi have been isolated from the stored groundnut seeds. Joffee and Shiray (1966) isolated 71 fungal species from groundnut kernels stored at 90 percent RH. The present studies aim at the isolation of the groundnut seed-borne fungi, testing their pathogenicity, determining their role on stored seeds and suggesting the possible means of overcoming the adverse effect of the seed-borne fungi.
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