Claim · model-written summary
A. niger caused 5.33 cm2 of rot, significantly greater than control.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- A. nigere0
- Interactor
- A. niger
Aspergillus nigere0pathogen - Outcome
- area of rot caused by A. nigere0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 5.33e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruits”
e0“The area of rot caused by A. niger (5.33) cm2 and R. stolonifer (4.38) cm2 was significantly higher compared to control (0.00) cm2”
Title
Liamngee, Kator; Ojo, Fayinminu Akintade; Oyije, Ogezi Endurance Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.18115546
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Observation Aspergillus niger was isolated from diseased cucumber fruits.
- Observation Rhizopus stolonifer was isolated from diseased cucumber fruits.
- Observation Quadrant A had 15 infected cucumber fruits, or 12.50%.
- Observation Quadrant B had 25 infected cucumber fruits, or 16.70%.
- Observation Quadrant C had 10 infected cucumber fruits, or 10.50%.
- Observation Quadrant D had 30 infected cucumber fruits, or 18.20%.
- Observation Quadrant D had the highest fungal count at 2.67.
- Observation Overall, 80 of 530 cucumber fruits, or 15.10%, were infected.
- Association Fungal incidence did not differ significantly across quadrants.
- Observation Fungal occurrence was highest in quadrant D at 34.80%.
- Observation Aspergillus niger occurrence was 52.20%, higher than R. stolonifer at 47.80%.
- Association Specific fungal occurrence was not significantly related to location.
- Intervention effect R. stolonifer caused 4.38 cm2 of rot, significantly greater than control.
- Observation The isolated fungi were pathogenic on healthy cucumber fruits.
- Recommendation The authors recommend regular field inspection for cucumber fruit decay symptoms.