ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH SPOILED SWEET ORANGE AND BITTER LEMON IN KATSINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KATSINA STATE.
Abstract
Sweet oranges and bitter lemons (Citrus lemon) are the most popular citrus fruits in the world. However, these fruits are attacked by fungi at their post-harvest storage, this research was perceived in order to isolate and identify these fungi associated with this spoilage which leads to loss and causes illness in some cases. In this research, a total of 31 colonies were counted from the two citrus fruits (sweet oranges and bitter lemons), these colonies were identified to be comprising of different fungi species. As in the bitter lemons, 7 fungi species were isolated and identified, these are, Aspergillus flavus, Endomyces ,peniccilium oxalicum, fusarium Mucor spp and Curvularium, Cladospium. On the other hand, 5 fungi species were isolated and identified from the sweet oranges, these are Curvularia, ,Fusarium, Sporotrichum, , yeast , and Rhizophus.
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