Seed-Borne Fungi Associated with Diverse Rice Varieties Cultivated in the Western North Region of Ghana

Table 7

Fungi identified on rice seed varieties collected from the three selected districts tested by the blotter method.

	Agra	Lapete	Mercy	Bossome Mmienu	Agyamoah	Kotoko
Aspergillus Niger	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++
Aspergillus flavus	++	+	+	+	+++	++
Fusarium spp.	++	++	++	++	−	++
Trichoderma spp	+	−	−	+	−	+
Macrophomina phaseolina	++	−	−	+	+	−
Rhizopus spp.	++	+++	++	+	++	+
Bipolaris oryzae	++	−	−	+	+++	−
Botryodiplodia spp	++	−	−	−	−	−
Curvularia spp	++	−	−	−	+++	−
Pyricularia spp	+	++	−	−	++	++
Penicillium spp	+	+	+	+	+	+
Collectotricum spp	+	−	−	−	−	−
Mucor spp	+	−	+	−	+	−

− = not present, + = incidence below 10%, ++ = incidence between 11–30%, +++ = incidence above 30%. NB: + = low prevalence, ++ = moderate prevalence, +++ = high prevalence.