Isolation and identification of Soil Fungi from Wheat Cultivated Area of Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

Experiments were conducted to find out different soil from wheat-cultivated area during 15 April to 10 May, 2013-2014. The soil fungi were isolated following the soil dilution plating technique. The obtained soil fungi from wheat-cultivated area were Aspergillus spp., Penicillum spp., Geotrichum spp., Gloesporium spp., Fusarium spp., Mycelia sterilia, Arthrobotrys spp., Cladosporium herbarum in Allahabad district. In Mirzapur district, Aspergillus spp., Penicillum spp., Rizoctinia spp., Fusarium spp., Mucor spp. were recorded from wheat cultivated area. In Varanasi district, Aspergillus spp., Penicillum spp., Rizoctinia spp., Fusarium spp., Mucor spp., Alternaria spp., Helminthosporium oryzae, and Humicola grisea were recorded from wheat-cultivated area. Aspergillus spp. and Penicillum spp. was common fungi presented in three different districts Allahabad, Mirzapur and Varanasi, of Uttar Pradesh.