Most of the crops had rotted in waterlogged fields.
Thus, they discovered various fungal organisms associated with spear rot and bud rot symptoms.
In both species, seeds lacking testae began to soften about day 8, were often attacked by fungus, and had rotted completely by day 10.
Most of the seeds that were not destroyed, removed, or disappeared, eventually rotted (12.9% of all non-elephant-dispersed seeds).
