Soil dilution technique
was used for the isolation of Fusarium solani. One gram
of soil sample was suspended in 9 ml of 0.1% agar
suspension instead of plain water and dilution series was
made. One ml of aliquot of 0.1% agar suspension from
the final soil dilution was poured on Petri dishes
containing PCNB and the suspension spread on agar
surface by rotating the dishes. Plates were inoculated at
28oC for five days and species of Fusarium were
identified after reference to Nash & Snyder, (1962).