“…The genera Fusarium , Phoma , Pyrenophora , Alternaria , and Leptosphaeria , which include well-known plant pathogens, are reported to dominate the epiphytic fungal communities of cereal seeds [ 31 , 32 , 33 ]. Pathogenic species commonly found in cereals include Aspergillus spp., Botrytis cinerea , Colletotrichum spp., Epicoccum nigrum , Parastagonospora nodorum , Penicillium spp., Pyrenophora triticirepentis , Ramularia collocygni , Stagonospora spp., and Ustilago maydis [ 34 ]. These species are known to be causal agents of major diseases in cereals and other plants [ 35 , 36 ].…”