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. 2022 Jan 10;10(3):888–902. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2719

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)
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.