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Table 2 Competitive exclusion and efficacy of atoxigenic Aspergillus section Flavi against toxigenic L morphotypes

From: Bio-competitive exclusion: efficacy of non-aflatoxigenic Aspergillus section Flavi-L morphotypes in control of aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus in groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea L.)

 

Aflatoxin B (B1 + B2) (μgg−1)b

Aflatoxin B (B1 + B2) (μgg−1)

2019-(ZMW 0127)b

2020-(ZMW 0127)

Atoxigenic isolatea

1st Exp

2nd Exp

Av (R %)

1st Exp

2nd Exp

Av (R %)

CHv 1051

13.3a

19a

91.9 ± 4.3

9.9a

11.2a

94.39 ± 6.4

CHr 1701

12.3a

8.7b

94.7 ± 3.8

19.9b

12a

91.49 ± 4.5

GWe 2274

15.9b

9b

93.7 ± 4.1

14.8bc

20.5b

90.49 ± 5.2

CHp 1019

11.8a

12.9c

93.8 ± 3.8

12.6c

12a

93.39 ± 5.8

GKw 2471

18.6c

8.8b

93.1 ± 3.8

12.9c

23.1b

90.29 ± 3.6

MRn 9932

19.3bc

14c

91.6± 3.4

7.4a

20.2b

92.49 ± 4.4

MTd 0208

8.9a

7.9b

95.8 ± 3.1

8.9a

18.9b

92.59 ± 4.0

NRRL 21882

10.1a

6.8b

95.7 ± 3.8

7.2a

10.4c

95.29 ± 4.1

None

207.3d

189.7d

. . .

175.9d

192.9d

. . .

  1. aCo-inoculated isolates (non-aflatoxigenic and aflatoxigenic isolates simultaneously co-inoculated at a conidial concentration of 1 × 106 conidia ml−1). For None, two aflatoxigenic isolates of A. flavus were used
  2. bMean values with common superscript letters within a column are not significantly different according to Fischer’s unprotected significant difference test @ 5% significance level