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The role of fungi which were associated with edible nuts and their influence on change in
biochemical studies have been carried on some widely consumed nuts namely, almond, cashew
nut and pistachio nut which were collected from different market places of Marathwada region of
Maharashtra. Fifteen samples of each nut were utilized for isolation of fungi by using. It was
possible to isolate, the fifteen fungal species belonging to six genera. Percent frequency of fungal
incidence was varied in almond, cashew nut and pistachio nut from which highest count of
Aspergillus niger was observed in pistachio nut followed by cashew nut (100% and 73%
respectively) and Rhizopus species was found about 80% in almond.

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