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Fungi in developing peanut fruits

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Tests conducted on developing peanut fruits showed that 84 % of the pegs contained fungi before they entered the ground. Shell invasion remained high (90–100 %) throughout the season; seed invasion rose to 82 %, declining at harvest time.Penicillium, Fusarium andPhoma were the most common shell fungi;Penicillium andGliocladium were most common in seeds. Ecologically, peanut fungi fall into 3 groups: an aerial flora, a terrestrial flora and species which colonize peanut fruits both above and below ground.

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  1. Department of Plant Pathology and Plant Genetics University of Georgia, 30601, Athens, Georgia

    Richard T. Hanlin

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Journal Series Paper No. 228, University of Georgia College of Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, Athens.

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Hanlin, R.T. Fungi in developing peanut fruits. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 38, 93–100 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02051679

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