IDENTIFICATION AND OCCURRENCE OF FUSARIUM SPECIES ON SEEDS OF COMMON WETCH, WHITE LUPINE AND SOME WILD LEGUMES

Abstract

The presence and occurrence of Fusarium species was examined on the seeds of cultivated legumes – common vetch (Vicia sativa), white lupine (Lupinus albus), and wild legumes: bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), wild alfalfa (Medicago sativa), black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis), bird vetch (Vicia cracca) and meadow vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis). Thirteen Fusarium species were identified - F. verticillioides, F. acuminatum, F. avenaceum, F. tricinctum F. oxysporum, F. scirpi, F. semitectum, F. culmorum, F. proliferatum, F. pseudograminearum, F. sporotrichioides, F. sambucinum and F. heterosporum. Species F. verticillioides and F. proliferatum were determined on seeds of the cultivated legumes (common vetch and white lupine). Other 11 Fusarium species were determined on seeds of wild legumes (bird’s-foot trefoil, wild alfalfa, sweet clover and bird vetch) among which the most prevalent were species F. avenaceum and F. acuminatum.

Keywords

• Fusarium species
• seed
• Fabaceae
• legumes