Abstract:Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) corms, purchased from a local barn in Awka, Anambra state, showing spoilage symptoms were examined for rot associated with fungal pathogens. The spoilage organisms were isolated from the corms by explanting the spoilt tissues obtained aseptically onto Sabouraud Dextrose Agar supplemented with chloramphenicol an antibacterial agent. The developing isolates were purified by repeated subculture and identified macroscopically and microscopically using the slide culture technique. The … Show more
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