TABLE 3.
Wild fruit species | Samples (#) | %La,b | %S | %P | %T | CFU/gc |
Adansonia digitata | 9 | 81.9AB | 9.8A | 8.3BC | 0A | 8 |
Parinari curatellifolia | 17 | 87.5AB | 12.5A | 0C | 0A | 56 |
Schinziophyton rautanenii | 24 | 97.1A | 2.9A | 0C | 0A | 13 |
Tamarindus indica | 25 | 88.4AB | 3.6A | 8BC | 0A | 3 |
Thespesia garckeana | 20 | 45.3C | 13.9A | 38.2A | 2.7A | 10 |
Vangueriopsis lanciflora | 7 | 51.2BC | 0A | 44.8A | 0A | 5 |
Ziziphus spp. | 12 | 91.3AB | 8.7A | 0C | 0A | 38 |
Average | 77.5X | 7.3Y | 14.2Y | 0.4Y | 19 |
aL, S, P, and T represent A. flavus L morphotype, S morphotype fungi, A. parasiticus and A. tamarii, respectively. bPercent data were arcsine transformed and CFU/g data were log transformed prior to analyses but actual means are presented. Means followed by a common letter (A/B/C) do not differ significantly among fruits (columns) by Tukey’s HSD test (α = 0.05). Average frequencies of fungi across all fruit species followed by a common letter (X/Y) do not differ significantly by Tukey’s HSD test (α = 0.05). cAverage Colony Forming Units of Aspergillus section Flavi per gram. T. indica is significantly lower (by Tukey’s HSD test, α = 0.05) than T. garckeana, P. curatellifolia, and Ziziphus spp. There are no other significant differences.