First report of the association of Genus Chaetomium with roots of Cucurbita maxima

摘要: Chaetomium sp. is a fungal genus in the Ascomycota that has world-wide distribution throughout tropic and temperate regions. Species of are often associated with classified as both seed-borne soil-borne fungi, which inhabit variety terrestrial ecosystems including; agricultural, forests, grasslands, wetlands, coastal zones. plays an important ecological role saprophyte, but also shows strong anti-microbial activities allow its use biological control agent (BCA). been recorded on seeds within rhizosphere genera family Cucurbitaceae Citrullus, Cucumis, Cucurbita, Lagenaria, Luffa. Within documented association Cucurbita pepo moschata, however up till now there no record maxima. Sampling maxima roots eastern United States resulted discovery novel relationship between This manuscript presents first report existence maxima, aid light microscope to image perithecia spores produced by this fungus.