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The rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere mycoflora of thre different leguminous crop plants viz. Cicer
arietinum L. (Bengal gram), Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek (green gram) and Vigna mungo (L.)
Hepper (black gram) were studied in relation to age of plant growth. The rhizosphere mycoflora
were higher than the non-rhizosphere in all the three crop plants. Rhizosphere mycoflora increased
with increase in plant age and after flowering (young stage) it decreased at old stage. The most
dominant fungal species were Aspergillus, Penicillium, Rhizoctonia and Cladosporium. V. radiata
attracted more fungi than the remaining to crop plants.
Key words: Rhizosphere, mycoflora, leguminous crop plants.