TABLE 3.
Percentage occurrence of individual contaminating fungal species in groundnut (Kumawu Red) from Kpetoe, Volta Region, stored for 6 months
Fungal species | Percentage (%) occurrence after (months) | |||||||
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SS* | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
Aspergillus niger | 48.0 | 41.2 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
A. flavus | 36.0 | 15.9 | 32.5 | ‐ | 10.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 20.0 |
A. fumigatus | 36.0 | 38.2 | – | 25.0 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 |
A. ustus | – | – | – | – | 15.0 | – | – | – |
A. terreus | 4.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Cladosporium herbarum | 4.0 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 15.0 | – | – | – | – |
Curvularia lunata | – | 10.0 | – | 5.0 | – | – | – | – |
Fusarium verticillioides | 20.7 | 50.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Fusarium oxysporum | – | – | 10.0 | – | 30.0 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 35.0 |
Fusarium solani | 2.7 | 2.9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Paecilomyces variotii | – | 10.0 | 10.0 | – | – | – | – | 5.0 |
Penicillium verrucosum | – | 20.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 | ‐ | 15.0 | 20.0 | 15.0 |
Trichoderma harzianum | – | – | – | 15.0 | – | – | – | – |
Trichoderma viride | 8.0 | – | – | – | – | 15.0 | 10.0 | ‐ |
Rhizopus oligosporus | – | 2.9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Rhizopus stolonifer | – | 7.5 | – | – | – | 3.0 | – | – |
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa | – | ‐ | – | – | – | 2.0 | – | – |
Sporendonema casei | – | 10.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Total | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
SS*, Initial, Surface Sterilized; O, Initial non‐surface sterilized.