Seto (1933, 1935) found that a temperature of 35ºC is most favourable for seed growth and
also for seed infection. The favourable temperature for the growth of the fungus was about
27-30ºC. In the present study, in GA3 treated seeds (Table 4), maximum OGR (158.3%) was found
in the maximum temperature range (29.1 - 36.0ºC).