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FUNGAL DIVERSITY IN ZEA MAYS L. PLANTS AND THE ABILITY OF SOME ISOLATED ASPERGILLUS TERREUS ISOLATES TO PRODUCE RIBOFLAVIN

Research Authors
Nivien A. Nafady, Fatthy M. Morsy, Magdy M. K. Bagy,Mohamed H. Abd-Alla, Ghada A. M. Moukabel
Research Abstract

A total of 230 fungal isolates were recovered from rhizosphere, rhizoplane, phyllosphere, phylloplane and seeds of maize (Zea mays L.) plants cultivated in different localities in Assiut Governorate (Abnob, Elbadary, Elfath, Assiut and El qosea).The isolates belonging to 15 genera, 35 species and one variety. The most dominant genus was Aspergillus whereas the most common species were A. terreus and A. flavus. A representative isolates of A. terreus were tested for riboflavin production using two different types of synthetic media. It was observed that most isolates (9 out of 12 isolates) produced riboflavin, but the highest yield on YPD medium (60 mg/l) obtained from A. terreus (isolate No. 9) which isolated from rhizoplane of maize plants.

Research Journal
Assiut University Journal of Botany
Research Member
Research Publisher
Ghada A. M. Moukabel
Research Rank
2
Research Vol
43 (2)
Research Website
http://www.aun.edu.eg/faculty_science/arabic/jor_pub_rules.htm
Research Year
2014
Research Pages
1-25