EJPAU 2007. Kowalik M. FUNGI OCCURRING IN THE <I>IN VITRO</I> CULTURES

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2007
Volume 10
Issue 1

Topic:

Biotechnology

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Kowalik M. 2007. FUNGI OCCURRING IN THE IN VITRO CULTURES, EJPAU 10(1), #23.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume10/issue1/abs-23.html

FUNGI OCCURRING IN THE IN VITRO CULTURES

Maria Kowalik
Department of Plant Protection , Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland

ABSTRACT

The goal of this paper was to define the species composition of the populations of fungi contaminating plant material in the in vitro cultures. The practice of micropropagation indicates that fungi growing on explants cause their elimination. The colonies of fungi in the number of 5 000 were obtained from the explants of ornamental plants, orchard plants and vegetables. Fungi occurring in the in vitro cultures belonged to 195 species, within 76 genera. Fungi of genera: Acremonium, Aspergillus, Alternaria, Botrytis, Chaetomium, Cladosporium, Cylindrocarpon, Epicoccum, Humicola, Monilia, Paecilomyces, Penicillium and Scopulariopsis were represented in great quantities.

Key words: fungi, contamination, in vitro cultures, ornamental plants, orchard plants, vegetables.

Maria Kowalik
Department of Plant Protection ,
Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland
Al. 29 Listopada 54, 31-425 Cracow, Poland
email: mkowalik@ogr.ar.krakow.pl

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