POSTHARVEST ASSOCIATION OF FUNGI WITH CLUSTERBEAN SEEDS

A study of fungi associate with the seeds of clusterbean (Cyamopsis te tragonoloba L., Taub.) cv. Pusa Naubahar, has been made by agar plate and blotter methods. In all 25 species have been encountered. Aspergil lus flavus, A. niger, A. fumigatus, Trichoderma viride and Aspergillus terreus were dominant in all the three seasons namely, winter, summer and rainy seasons. Besides, Aspergillus parasiticus, Cladosporium cla dospoirioides, Curvularia lunata, Fusarium equiseti, Macrophomina phas eolina, Penicillium citrinum, Rhizopus nigricans and white sterile myc elia were also prevalent. As to the relative percentage of different f ungal groups, moniliales of Deuteromycotina were the highest in all th e seasons followed by Zygomycotina and Ascomycotina.