Inoculum Preparation and Isolation
The method of Balali et al., (1995) was adopted. The different samples were surface-sterilized separately with absolute ethanol and rinsed in two changes of sterile distilled water. The portions on the samples showing symptoms were cut off with sterilized scalpel. The cut portions were homogenized into a pulp using a sterilized laboratory blender. The homogenized pulp was immediately transferred into a sterile beaker, wrapped tightly with aluminum and then stored under aseptic condition for subsequent use.
The medium used for fungal isolation