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

Table 9

Percentage of seed-borne fungi associated with various discolouration types in the rice seed samples collected from the three selected districts.

Type of discolouration	Pathogens associated
	Bipolaris oryzae	Curvularia spp.	Fusarium spp.	Alternaria spp.	Macrophomina spp.	Botryodiplodia spp.	Aspergillus spp.
Dark brown/brown
Agra	39	0	41	0	7	0	18
Agyamoah	48	0	33	0	5	0	5
Kotoko	12	0	19	0	9	0	9
Mercy	29	0	9	0	18	0	11
Lapete	31	0	18	0	12	0	3
Bossom Mmienu	5	0	41	0	15	0	3
Yellow/pale yellow
Agra	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Agyamoah	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kotoko	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mercy	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lapete	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bossom Mmienu	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dark spot
Agra	19	27	11	0	0	5	0
Agyamoah	21	8	8	0	0	8	0
Kotoko	8	9	10	0	0	11	0
Mercy	11	4	0	0	0	19	0
Lapete	9	18	0	0	0	8	0
Bossom Mmienu	6	3	0	0	0	7	0
Greyish white
Agra	0	0	5	16	0	0	0
Agyamoah	0	0	8	21	0	0	3
Kotoko	0	0	6	9	0	0	2
Mercy	0	0	3	11	0	0	3
Lapete	0	0	11	18	0	0	1
Bossom Mmienu	0	0	8	5	0	0	0