Original paper
Palatability of rubber leaves colonized by aquatic hyphomycetes
Chandrashekar, K. R.; Sridhar, K. R.; Kaveriappa, K. M.
Archiv für Hydrobiologie Volume 115 Number 3 (1989), p. 361 - 369
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published: May 19, 1989
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/115/1989/361
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Abstract
Palatability of rubber leaves colonized by seven species of aquatic hyphomycetes viz.,Flagellospora penicillioides, Helicosporium sp., Ingoldiella hamata, Lunulospora curvula, Phalangispora constricta, Triscelophorus acuminatus, and Wiesneriomyces javanicus were studied by feeding them to the fish Sarotherodon mossambica. The fishes were found to prefer the leaves colonized by aquatic hyphomycetes. Among the colonized leaves the order of preference was L. curvula > F. penicillioides > W. javanicus>Helicosporium sp. >T. acuminatus >I. hamata >P. constricta. On the basis of the weight loss in the colonized leaves, the seven species of fungi were classified as i) highly preferred group, ii) moderately preferred group and iii) the least preferred group. It was also found that the protein content of the leaves increased during colonization with a maximum after 18 days and the fish mostly preferred to feed on the 18-day colonized leaves.
Keywords
L. curvula • F. penicillioides • W. javanicus • Helicosporium • T. acuminatus • I. hamata • P. constricta