Identification and Characterisation of Seed-Borne Fungal Pathogens Associated with Maize (Zea mays L.)

Table 2

Mean seed infections of fungal pathogens detected on maize grain stored in different storage environments.

Storage facility	Fusarium moniliforme	Rhizopus stolonifer	Penicillium citrinum
Kitchen	1.29^a (17.78)	0.67^a,b (8.89)	0.29^a,b (2.22)
Cotton bags	1.33^a,b (21.43)	0.86^b (6.67)	0.32^a,b (1.43)
Traditional granary	1.45^a,b (28.65)	0.76^a,b (4.76)	0.69^b (3.97)
House sacks	1.51^a,b (32.19)	0.68^a,b (3.88)	0.71^b (4.59)
Crib	1.52^b (33.81)	0.26^a,b (0.95)	0.26^a,b (0.95)
Container	1.90^c (80.0)	0.00^a (0.00)	0.00^a (0.00)
-value	<0.001	0.035	0.021
LSD	0.172	0.544	0.412
CV (%)	6.3	55.6	46.7
SE	0.077	0.244	0.1849

Means followed by different letters in superscript in the column denote significant differences as determined by Tukey’s test.