Genetic Diversity of Internal Transcribed Spacer Region of Filamentous Fungi Isolated from Wheat in Lagos State, Nigeria

The high prevalent rate of fungal contamination in wheat circulating in Lagos State, Nigeria necessitated the need to understand the diversity of Internal transcribed spacers of the ribosomal DNA region of the isolated filamentous fungi. Results obtained reveals inter specific variation among the isolated organisms with limited intra specific variability. It can therefore be inferred based on findings that ITS analysis could provide taxonomic evidence for the isolated organisms but may not be informative enough to score diversity.