CSA Xpert

1. If rains occur during the flowering and grain filling stages, severe grain moulding can occur.

2. Infected grains are covered with pink or black mold and such grains disintegrate during threshing process. Fusarium semitectum and F.moniliforme develop a fluffy white or pinkish colouration. C. lunata colours the grain black.

3. Fungi from many genera have been isolated from the infected sorghum grains and the most frequently occurring genera are Fusarium, Curvularia, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cheatomium, Rhizopus, Helminthosporium and Phoma. Moldy grains contain toxic mycotoxins and are unfit for human consumption and cattle feed.