Table 12.
Morpho-physiological characters of conidia of different isolates of Alternaria spp. of cumin collected from different locations of Bangladesh.
Isolate code | Characteristics of conidia |
Mean length of conidia (µm) | Mean breadth of conidia (µm) | Mean beak length of conidia (µm) | Number of vertical septa | Number of horizontal septa | Number of spores/ml (x106) | |
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Shape | Color | |||||||
BoCA1 | Clavate to obclavate | Brown | 52.93 ab | 20.37 efg | 7.75 hijk | 0.94 e-i | 1.68 j | 2.38 e |
BoCA4 | Obclavate | Light brown | 46.64 ef | 22.80 a-d | 8.24 ghi | 0.77 hi | 2.36 d-h | 3.62 a |
BoCA5 | Obclavate to ovoid | Brown | 46.18 ef | 20.34 efg | 6.98 k | 0.78 hi | 2.44c-g | 2.26 ef |
BoCA8 | Clavate | Dark brown | 56.09 a | 24.19 a | 8.39 fgh | 1.18c-h | 2.95 ab | 1.51 g |
BoCA11 | Obclavate | Light brown | 44.90 fg | 17.13 ij | 9.86 bcd | 0.60 ij | 2.40c-h | 2.83 d |
BoCA12 | Obclavate | Brown | 42.10 ghi | 19.45 fgh | 8.32 fghi | 0.88f-i | 2.48b-g | 1.39 gh |
MaCA2 | Obclavate | Light brown | 50.87 bcd | 23.32 ab | 9.85 bcd | 1.20c-h | 2.30f-i | 3.36 ab |
MaCA3 | Clavate to obclavate | Dark brown | 38.90 ijk | 19.97 efg | 10.12 abc | 1.03 d-i | 1.83 ij | 1.58 g |
MaCA4 | Clavate | Dark brown | 44.51 fgh | 21.50 cde | 7.04 jk | 1.50 abc | 2.33 e-h | 0.953 ij |
FaCA3 | Obclavate | Dark brown | 47.46 def | 19.32 fgh | 10.59 ab | 1.30c-f | 2.80 a-e | 1.33 gh |
LaCA1 | Obclavate | Dark brown | 41.10 hij | 21.04 def | 9.61 cde | 1.93 a | 2.70 a-f | 2.46 e |
LaCA3 | Clavate to Obclavate | Brown | 44.11 fgh | 19.86 e-h | 9.24 cdef | 1.60 abc | 3.10 a | 2.31 ef |
BoCA6 | obovate to obclavate | Light brown | 48.45 cde | 16.66 ij | 10.19 abc | 0.67 i | 2.88 abc | 2.04f |
BoCA3 | Ovoid | Brown | 37.67 jk | 20.38 efg | 7.41 ijk | 0.59 ij | 1.79 j | 2.24 ef |
BoCA2 | Obclavate | Light brown | 37.20 k | 21.51 cde | 8.66 e-h | 0.82 ghi | 1.93 hij | 0.86 j |
BoCA9 | |Obclavate | Light brown | 50.42 bcd | 22.40 a-d | 10.97 a | 1.26c-g | 2.86 abc | 2.89 cd |
BoCA10 | Obclavate to ovoid | Brown | 54.75 a | 23.18 abc | 7.99 hij | 1.36 cde | 3.02 a | 2.83 d |
BoCA13 | Obclavate | Brown | 47.48 def | 23.57 a | 8.70 e-h | 1.91 ab | 2.74 a-f | 3.12 bc |
GaCA1 | Obclavate | Brown | 38.01 jk | 18.11 hi | 9.25 cdef | 0.60 ij | 2.13 g-j | 1.18 hi |
GaCA5 | Obclavate | Dark brown | 50.82 bcd | 21.62b-e | 10.19 abc | 1.47 bcd | 3.00 a | 2.82 d |
MaCA1 | Obclavate | Light brown | 48.57 cde | 23.16 abc | 6.92 k | 1.18c-h | 2.70 a-f | 3.21b |
FaCA4 | Obclavate | Light brown | 42.41 gh | 15.86 j | 9.02 d-g | 0.17 j | 2.47c-g | 1.38 gh |
LaCA2 | Oblavate | Dark brown | 51.23 bc | 19.24 gh | 10.11 abc | 0.93 e-i | 2.83 a-d | 2.38 e |
L.S. | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ||
CV (%) | 4.59 | 5.29 | 6.62 | 25.73 | 11.58 | 7.34 |
**1% level of probability; Means followed by the same letter in a column did not differ significantly.