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Transmission of the three major sead-borne fungal pathogens of jute viz. Botryodiplodia theobromee, Collatotrichum corchori and Macrophomina phaseolina from seed to plant to seed was studied in the Bangladesh Agrivarsity farm in 1989-90. Germination of the seeds were found to decrease with the increase of the seed-borne infection of the fungal pathogens. Seed having higher seed-borne infection resulted significantly higher amount of disease development in the field. Likewise, higher seed- borne infection was obtained in the harvested seed from the higher number of diseased plants. However, the rate of transmission of the three test pathogens from infected seeds to the growing plants and finally to the harvested seeds was relatively low.