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Isolations were made from 25 seed samples of different varieties of eggplant collected from local seed market. These seed lots yielded various fungi including Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus flavus, Curvularia lunata, Fusarium oxysporum and Fusarium solani, ranging from 6.75-13%. Some saprophytic and non-pathogenic species of Epicoccum, Mucor and Penicillium were also isolated, which ranged from 1.29-37.8%. During the component analysis, most of the fungi were located in seed coat and tegmin but not in embryo. The tested fungi reduced the seed germination of eggplant ranging from 30-82% as compared to the control (85%).