Research Article
Seed-Borne Fungi Associated with Diverse Rice Varieties Cultivated in the Western North Region of Ghana
Table 7
Fungi identified on rice seed varieties collected from the three selected districts tested by the blotter method.
| | Agra | Lapete | Mercy | Bossome Mmienu | Agyamoah | Kotoko |
| Aspergillus Niger | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | Aspergillus flavus | ++ | + | + | + | +++ | ++ | Fusarium spp. | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | − | ++ | Trichoderma spp | + | − | − | + | − | + | Macrophomina phaseolina | ++ | − | − | + | + | − | Rhizopus spp. | ++ | +++ | ++ | + | ++ | + | Bipolaris oryzae | ++ | − | − | + | +++ | − | Botryodiplodia spp | ++ | − | − | − | − | − | Curvularia spp | ++ | − | − | − | +++ | − | Pyricularia spp | + | ++ | − | − | ++ | ++ | Penicillium spp | + | + | + | + | + | + | Collectotricum spp | + | − | − | − | − | − | Mucor spp | + | − | + | − | + | − |
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− = not present, + = incidence below 10%, ++ = incidence between 11–30%, +++ = incidence above 30%. NB: + = low prevalence, ++ = moderate prevalence, +++ = high prevalence.
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