QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE CONTAMINATION WITH FUNGI OF SORGHUM SEEDS INFECTED WITH SITOTROGA CEREALELLA
Keywords:
Deuteromycotina, isolates, ZygomycotinaAbstract
59 isolates belonging to 19 species of fungi within 13 genera, in addition (Sterile mycelia) were separated from sorghum seeds infected with the grain moth S. cerealella, after a storage period of four months. The least number of species and fungal isolates were isolated from seeds Maize was recorded after a storage period of eight months, and it was 24 isolates belonging to 8 varieties of fungi as well as sterile hyphae of fungi, and the outcomes of the chi-square (X2) statistical analysis revealed that the variation in seed storage period had a significant (P
<0.05) impact on the total number of fungal isolates. The number of fungal isolates isolated from dead insects that infect corn seeds for different storage periods , the difference in seed storage time had little impact on the number of isolates of fungi Deuteromycotina and Zygomycotina comprised the majority of the fungal species that were isolated for the study. The Aspergillus genus of fungi recorded a distinct appearance and attained the highest frequency rates>
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