Airborne fungal succession in a rice field of Cuba |
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| Authors: | Michel Almaguer Teresa Irene Rojas Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Rajo María Jesús Aira |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Biology, University of Habana, La Habana, 10400, Cuba;(2) Department of Plant Biology and Soil Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain;(3) Department of Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain |
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| Abstract: | 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/m3. 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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