Six mm mycelial discs taken from the
advancing edge of five-day old VJA cultures of
the two isolates were separately placed in the
centres of carrot agar (CA), Difco cornmeal agar
(CMA), Difco potato dextrose agar (PDA) and
VJA plates in two sets of four replicates. One
set was incubated in continuous darkness at
28 ± 1.5°C and the colony characteristics were
compared after seven days. The other set was
used to assess growth rates at the same temperature
where the colony diameter measurements
were taken at right angles on alternate days for a
duration of seven days. Data were subjected to
statistical analysis (ANOVA).