Title of Thesis

Micro - Ecology of soils of cultivated fields of south India with special reference to the occurrence and physiology of Fusaria.  

Zachariah A T  

Supervisor

Sadasivan T S

Year

1949

Abstract

Fusaria and Macrophomina phaseoli was found to be the primary and dominant colonizers on both autoclave and freshly excised surface-sterilized root pieces. Species of Mucor and Aspergillus were capable of colonizing the autoclave root pieces within a day. A definite correlation was observed between amount of organic matter in soil, seasons and the number of genera of fungi occurring in the soil. 

Keywords

Soil microbes, Fusaria spp ., wilt disease