Period of soaking the seeds in inoculum (conidial suspension) also assists the germinating
pathogen to penetrate into the seeds. Twelve hours exposure of seeds to
1.0 x 106 conidia/ml inoculum was selected following Rosmayati (1988) with slight
modifications. Ahmed et al. (1986) soaked the seeds for 24 h, but in less concentrated
suspension. Concentrations of the inoculums could also affect the disease severity.