Induction of MAP Kinase Homologues during Growth and Morphogenetic Development of Karnal Bunt (Tilletia indica) under the Influence of Host Factor(s) from Wheat Spikes

Table 2

Determination of morphological variation and sporidial count of T. indica isolate grown in presence and absence of host factor(s).

Days of culture	In absence of host factor(s)		In presence of host factor(s)
	Morphological variation	Sporidial count (Number of sporidia/mL)	Morphological variation	Sporidial count (number of sporidia/mL)
7th	Thin long, interwoven vegetative mycelia with less septation and nuclei	Nil	Thick, comparatively small vegetative mycelia with extensive septation and multiple nuclei	Nil
14th	Thickened, branched mycelia which produces secondary sporidia at the tip of lateral small branches	1.8×10^3	Thickened, small vegetative mycelia	Nil
21st	Acicular, tapered, banana-shaped high number sporidia and sporogenous mycelia seen occasionally	3.9×10^9	Thickened mycelia which produce few banana-shaped allantoid sporidia	4.1×10^7
30th	Crumpled sporogenous mycelia with short sporogenous hypal branches, terminal/intercalary rounding up of hypal cells, sometimes in chain. Few small chlamydospore like structures	8.2×10^9	Enlarged and many sporogenous mycelia and less hyphal branches and not much chlamydospore formation	1.3×10^8