ABSTRACT

Aerobiology is the science of biological, airborne organisms and their movement and effect on plant, animal and human health. Arachis hypogea is susceptible to various diseases such as seed boarn, soil boarn and air boarn diseases, which is caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and nematodes. Important fungal diseases of ground nut plant are as follows. Leaf spot disease caused by Cercospora arachidicola. More focus has been given to fungal air-spora during this present investigation. Effect of some environmental factors such as rainfall, humidity and temperature on the diseases causing and the percentage contribution of all air boarn fungal air-spora components were recorded. In this aerobiological research investigation includes quantitative as well as qualitative analysis of fungal air spora over ground nut crop at Jalgaon dist., in Maharashtra. The metrological data for each day of relative humidity, temperature and rainfall was obtained from metrological department of Jalgaon district. After the observation of all slides, with the help of visual observation, identification of fungal spores takes place. It is observed that some factors like Humidity, temperature, rainfall, growth and age of the plant affects the frequency and the spread of the disease. During this present investigation some allergic fungal spores were found abundantly. For e.g. Alternaria, Cladosporium, curvularia and pollen grains. The crop variety i.e. Arachis hypogea L., JL-24, was recorded to be highly resistant for the diseases development. So the Arachis hypogea L plant was found to be very healthy. Keywords: Aerobiology, Humidity, Airborne, Allergy, Arachis hypogea
Publication date: 15/01/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.1.1092