Author(s): H.A. Bokhary and S. Parvez
Article publication date: 1992-12-01
Vol. 10 No. 3 (yearly), pp. 117-127.
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Keywords
soils, cultivated plant, wild plants
Abstract
Soils from the rhizosphere of cultivated plants (Alfalfa, Date=palm and Grape) and wild plants (Cucumis sp. and Zizyphus spina christi) were screened for starch degrading fungi. A total number of 84 fungal species were isolated as starch-degrader. The predominant genera were Aspergillus (24 species), Penicillium (14 species), Fusarium (13 species), Chaetomium (10 species), Mucor (5 species), Scytalidium (4 species). The production of amylase by isolated fungi was confirmed by cleared-zone techniques.