N. Sultana et al., LOCATION OF MACROPHOMINA-PHASEOLINA IN SEEDS OF PUMPKIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHARCOAL ROT DISEASE, Pakistan journal of botany, 26(1), 1994, pp. 177-180
Using component plating technique Macrophomina phaseolina was isolated
from seed coat, tegment, cotyledons and embryo of pumpkin seeds. Infe
cted seeds give rise to infected seedlings that transmit the pathogen
into the fruits.