Fungi associated with seeds of Coffea arabica

摘要

Thirty-four samples of dried coffee seeds collected from farmers in the western highlands of Cameroon were tested for the presence of fungi, following the blotter method commonly used for seed health testing. The samples were infected with two pathogens of coffee (Fusnrium moniliforme and F. solani). Many other fungi were also recorded (Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, A. fumigatus, A. ochraceus, A. versicolor, Beauveria bassiana, Cladosporium cladospo-rioides, Curvularia lunata, F. pallidoroseum, Macrophomina phaseolina, Penicillium atramentosum, P. aurantiogriseum and P. chrysogenum). The pathogen of coffee berry disease, Colletotrichum kahawae, was not found and it is concluded that this fungus earlier reported in freshly harvested coffee seeds doesnot survive after drying. Movement of dried coffee seeds is probably very safe in respect to this pathogen.