. 2019 Nov 8;10:2528. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02528

TABLE 3.

Frequencies of Aspergillus section Flavi fungi in soil before biocontrol application, and in maize and groundnut grains from biocontrol -treated and control fields during 2009 and 2010.

Year	Crop	n	Treatment	Aspergillus fungi distribution (%)^y

				Soil before inoculation^z				Grain at harvest

				L	S_BG	P	T	L	S_BG	P	T
2009	Maize	51	Biocontrol	85.9^aA	3.5^aB	1.0^aB	9.6^aB	99.7^aA	0.3^aB	0.0^aB	0.0^aB
		51	Control	87.4^aA	2.7^aB	1.7^aB	8.2^aB	93.3^aA	5.9^aB	0.5^aB	0.3^aB
	Groundnut	8	Biocontrol	99.2^aA	0.5^bB	0.3^aB	0.0^aB	100.0^aA	0.0^aB	0.0^aB	0.0^aB
		8	Control	82.4^bA	11.5^aB	0.3^aB	5.8^aB	95.6^aA	1.6^aB	2.8^aB	0.0^aB
2010	Maize	14	Biocontrol	89.9^aA	7.1^aB	3.0^aB	–	100.0^aA	0.0^bB	0.0^aB	–
		14	Control	77.9^aA	14.8^aB	7.3^aB	–	83.4^bA	16.3^aB	0.3^aC	–
	Groundnut	16	Biocontrol	97.8^aA	2.2^aB	0.0^aB	–	100.0^aA	0.0^aB	0.0^aB	–
		16	Control	96.3^aA	2.8^aB	0.9^aB	–	95.7^aA	3.5^aB	0.8^aB	–

^yThe frequency (%) of fungi (x) were log transformed (log₁₀[x + 1]) prior to analysis to stabilize the variance. L, A. flavus L morphotype; S_BG, S_BG strains; P, A. parasiticus; T = A. tamarii (not found in 2010). ^zThe means of paired treated and control fields for a crop within each column with different lowercase letters are significantly different (Student’s t-test, α = 0.05). Means of fungi within a row with different uppercase letters are significantly different (Fisher’s LSD test, α = 0.05).