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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
Volume 133, Issue 2, Pages 473-482Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-011-9921-0
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Mycotoxigenic fungi species; Protection of crop plants; Rice pathogens
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This study characterised the airborne mycobiota of a rice plantation in Bauta (Havana, Cuba), with a view to improving crop quality. Culturable airborne fungi were sampled between March 2007 and February 2008 using a volumetric method (SAS Super 100) with potato dextrose agar as culture medium. The total fungal count was 51,425 cfu/m(3). The 39 filamentous genera identified included several major rice pathogens (Bipolaris, Curvularia, Alternaria, Pyricularia, Cercospora and Fusarium) as well as potentially mycotoxigenic species of Fusarium, Penicillium and Aspergillus. Analysis of the influence of weather-related factors on spore counts revealed that total counts and Penicillium counts correlated positively with daily relative humidity, mean temperature and dew point.
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