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Plate- IV: Fig. 19- Anabaena fertilissima Fig. 20- Anabaena orientalis
Fig. 21- Anabaena circinalis

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Blue-green algal flora particularly family Nostocaceae of the study area is rich as that

of Pune, Kolhapur and Sangli areas. While comparing occurrence of blue-green algal species

from rainfed and irrigated areas revealed that, Cylindrospermum musicola, Nostoc
punctiforme, Nostoc linckia, Nostoc sporangiaeforme, Nostoc calcicola, Anabaena oryzae,

Anabaena fertilissima and Anabaena orientalis occurred consistently in most of the soils and
acting as regular constituent of the soil microflora from agro- practices areas of Kopargaon

tahsil. The dominance of these species might be due to their tolerance to salinity. The studies

concluded that, these species grow well in saline soils.

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