Abstract:
The aim of the study was to learn the influence of culture media on two species of Phytophthora. The development and
colony appearance was observed for ten days and the number of spores for ten weeks. In order to achieve this
experiment two species of the genus Phytophthora were used Phytophthora infestans de Bary and Phytophthora
parasitica Dast. and four culture media PDA, CMA, V8 and TA. In determining the number of spores, 63.63 cm2
of
mycelium were collected from the surface of the culture medium and mixed with 250 ml of sterile water. The containers
with sterile water and Phytophthora parasitica Dast. and Phytophthora infestans de Bary., were placed in a refrigerator
at a temperature of 7° C, to make sure that zoospores are released. The number of spores per milliliter was determined
for each of the fungi using the hemocytometer. The highest values were recorded on the dishes with PDA medium,
where after calculating the average of nine dishes the colony registered a rate of growth of approximately 1.47 cm.
According to these observations we can conclude that the PDA is the most favorable for the development of the
Phytophthora infestans de Bary colony. The highest values of the Phytophthora parasitica Dast colony diameter were
observed in the plates with V8, where more than half of the plates have reached the edge of the analyzed Petri plates,
thus an average diameter of 8.4 cm was registered in the last day of observation. On the TA plates there was also a high
growth rate, the diameter of the colony reaching an average value of 5.5 cm at the end of the 10th day of observation.
The PDA provided a slower growth rate of the colony diameter, at the end of the observations the colony only measured
3.94 cm, while CMA media composition has provided conditions for development of the average diameter of only 1.67
cm.
