STUDY AND EFFECT OF FUNGICIDES TO CONTROL THE FUNGAL CONTAMINATION OF IN-VITRO FLOWERING PLANT, ANTHURIUM ANDREANUM

For the large production of plants; tissue, organ, embryo culture, cell may act as an important technique for the in-vitro plant culture to produce the disease-free plants, crop improvement via gene transfer and through cryopreservation. This paper presents the fungal contamination of Anthuriumandreanum was caused by fungus like Penicilliumcrysogenum, Fusarium, Aspergillusniger, Alternariaspp, Penicilliumspp, Aspergillusoryzae, Cladosporium and then controlling the contamination by the effect of fungicides. All the experiments were completed in vitro at Biotechnology cum Tissue Culture Centre (BTCC) OUAT centre, Bhubaneswar. The fungal contamination and controlling procedures were kept in the incubator for at least 1 week at 27.5? C.