Abstract:
One hundred and forty three species in addition to 9
varieties belonging to 32 fungal genera were isolated and identified from
15 samples of each of broad bean, chickpea, kidney bean and sweet pea
seeds collected from eight Shabias in Libya on 1% dextrose-Czapek`s agar
medium at 28 ±2 °C using seed-plate method (3792 colonies 25
seeds-1, 29 fungal genera, 111 species and 2 varieties) and
dilution-plate method (2330 colonies g-1 dry weight sample,
23 genera, 100 species and 7 varieties). The fungal genera of highest
occurrence and their respective number of the species were Aspergillus
(A. flavus, A. niger and A. fumigatus),
Penicillium (P. chrysogenum), Mucor (M.
hiemalis), Alternaria (A. alternata), Fusarium
(F. oxysporum), Rhizopus (R. stolonifer) and
Eurotium (E. chevalieri and E. repens). Mycotoxin
assay proved that 16 samples (26.7%) out of 60 tested were toxic with
different toxins and varying degrees of toxicity. No mycotoxins tested
were detected in any chickpea seed samples investigated. It is the first
report on mycoflora and mycotoxins of Fabaceae seeds in Libya, as well
as 85 species in addition to 7 varieties belonging to 20 genera are new
records to Libyan mycoflora.
M.S. Youssef, E.M. El-Mahmoudy and Maryam A.S. Abubakr, 2008. Mesophilic Fungi and Mycotoxins Contamination of Libyanm Cultivated Four Fabaceae Seeds. Research Journal of Microbiology, 3: 520-534.
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