Table 1 Frequency of occurrence of different fungal isolates in the skin and mesocarp of Burny and Khenizi date cultivars

Penicillium griseofulvum*

42.132

40.873

12.511

26.625

Alternaria sp

1.698

20.16

40.983

0.168

Aspergillus tubingensis*

7.344

1.105

1.299

37.294

Fusarium sp

8.056

0.077

14.909

2.366

Cladosporium cladosporioides

3.07

16.768

2.421

1.823

Pichia kudriavzevii*

0

1.44

0.99

16.474

Rozella sp

0

0.004

16.612

0

Cochliobolus sp

10.004

0.002

0

5.143

Unknown 1

3.184

7.221

0.635

0.504

Ramularia eucalypti*

8.891

0

0

0.688

Neosartorya pseudofischeri*

5.848

0.572

0.953

0.129

Unknown 2

7.004

0

0

0.048

Sterigmatomyces elviae*

0

5.651

0

0

Meyerozyma guilliermondii*

0

0.181

2.587

2.227

Acremonium implicatum*

1.432

1.58

0.761

0

Cladosporium perangustum*

1.296

1.385

0.209

0.471

Zygoascus meyerae*

0

0.002

0.319

2.243

Unknown 3

0

0.134

1.786

0

Candida tropicalis*

0

0

0

1.195

Eurotium amstelodami

0

0

1.174

0

Pichia sp

0

0

0.014

1.001

Cephaliophora tropica*

0

0

0

0.723

Unknown 4

0

0.513

0

0

Exophiala oligosperma*

0

0.432

0.049

0

Penicillium pinophilum*

0

0.438

0

0

Cladosporium sphaerospermum*

0

0.428

0

0

Alternaria alternata

0.001

0.4

0.001

0.003

Aspergillus versicolor

0

0

0.32

0.065

Unknown 5

0

0

0.376

0

Unknown 6

0

0

0.356

0

Hannaella sinensis*

0

0

0.335

0

Aspergillus flavus

0

0.266

0

0.057

Unknown 7

0

0

0

0.221

Nigrospora sp

0

0

0

0.192

Myrothecium inundatum*

0

0.177

0

0

Acremonium sp

0

0

0.136

0

Unknown 8

0

0

0.118

0

Trichoderma asperellum*

0

0

0.109

0.008

Penicillium citrinum*

0.041

0.003

0.032

0.008

Cladosporium sp

0

0.076

0

0

Kodamaea ohmeri*

0

0

0

0.073

Unknown 9

0

0

0

0.068

Zygosaccharomyces rouxii*

0

0.053

0

0.005

Rhodosporidium kratochvilovae*

0

0

0

0.052

Symbiotaphrina kochii*

0

0

0

0.05

Unknown 10

0

0.046

0

0.003

Cryptococcus albidus*

0

0

0

0.036

Candida pimensis*

0

0

0

0.015

Phoma sp

0

0.01

0

0

Melanocarpus albomyces*

0

0

0

0.008

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa*

0

0

0

0.008

Wallemia sebi*

0

0

0

0.006

Penicillium corylophilum

0

0.004

0

0

Unknown 11

0

0

0.002

0