Vol. 6, Issue 5 (2018)
Detection of mycoflora associated with rice grain discolouration
Author(s): D Sabina Mary, V Prasanna Kumari, V Manoj Kumar and KL Narasimha Rao
Abstract: Rice samples collected from Guntur and Nellore districts to analyse the location of inoculum in the grain and biochemical changes observed in storage period. Fungal genera of Alternaria sp., Aspergillus sp., Curvularia sp., Bipolaris sp. and Rhizopus sp. were isolated from discoloured glumes, endosperm and embryo of discoloured grains by component plating method. In order to assess the portion of the grain colonized by the mycoflora, component plating method was followed. Among the fungi isolated from glumes, Aspergillus sp. (37.83%) was predominant followed by Alternaria sp. (20.83%), Curvularia sp. (17.83%), Bipolaris sp. (17.17%) and Rhizopus sp. (6.33%). Similarly, Aspergillus sp., (48.33%) was the most predominant followed by Bipolaris sp. (17.33%), Alternaria sp. (15.50%), Curvularia sp. (14.33%) and Rhizopus sp. (4.50%) in embryo. Similarly in endosperm, Aspergillus sp., (50.50%) has dominated followed by Bipolaris sp. (22.17%), Curvularia sp. (17.17%), Alternaria sp. (8.83%) and Rhizopus sp. (1.33%).
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D Sabina Mary, V Prasanna Kumari, V Manoj Kumar, KL Narasimha Rao. Detection of mycoflora associated with rice grain discolouration. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(5):3326-3329.
