Concentration of artificially inoculated Aspergillus flavus on seed germination of groundnut cultivar

Abstract

An investigation was carried out to standardize the concentration of Aspergillus flavus inoculation on seed germination for fixing inoculum threshold level. The treatments consisted of 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 % infection was made artificially on groundnut kernels and the performance was evaluated with control. The results indicated that upto 1 % infection the seeds maintained their germination above IMSCS (70 %). Beyond this level germination falls down.