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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2014 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 9 | Page No.: 1037-1045
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2014.1037.1045
Mycobiota Variation in Stored Rice Straw and its Cellulolytic Profile
Mohammad Magdy El-Metwally, Khalid Mohammad Ghoneem and Wesam El-Din Ismail Ali Saber

Abstract: Rice Straw (RS) one of most important agrowaste worldwide. Variation in mycobiota inhabiting long stored RS and its cellulolytic profile were studied. The highest number of fungi (23 species) was recovered from 1st storage period (1-3 year). Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus sp., Cladosporium herbarum, Fusarium incarnatum, Geotrichum candidum, Penicillium sp., Stemphylium lycopersici and Ulocladium atrum are the most frequent genera. Among 21 fungal species recovered in the 2nd period (3-5 year), Cladosporium herbarum, Fusarium incarnatum, Stemphylium lycopersici and Ulocladium atrum recorded 100% frequency, whereas Ulocladium atrum, Veticillium lecanii, Stemphylium lycopersici and Penicillium sp., were the most frequent species in the 3rd period (>5 years). Regarding the pathogenic fungal isolates, Nigrospora oryzae was the most frequent with high intensity in all samples of the three storage periods, whereas Alternaria padwikii reached the highest frequency and intensity in the 1st period and absent the 2nd and 3rd ones. The isolated fungal species showed a high production of cellulases comparing to previous studies with positive and significant correlation between FPase from one side and CMCase (r = 0.634, p≤0.05) and β-glucosidase (r = 0.775, p≤0.05) from the other side.

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Mohammad Magdy El-Metwally, Khalid Mohammad Ghoneem and Wesam El-Din Ismail Ali Saber, 2014. Mycobiota Variation in Stored Rice Straw and its Cellulolytic Profile. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 17: 1037-1045.

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