The experiment was carried out in the Seed Pathology Laboratory of the Agronomic
Institute of Campinas (IAC) with the purpose of evaluating the health quality of rice seeds kept in
two bag types multifoliated paper and polyethylene, during storage. Fungi incidence was estimated
at the start and every two months, along 12 months of storage in the environmental conditions of
Campinas (Brazil). No difference in sanitary conditions of seeds was found for bag types. The
fungi found on the rice seeds were Pyricularia grisea, Bipolaris oryzae, Fusarium spp., Phoma
spp., Curvularia spp., Cladosporium spp., Alternaria spp., Penicilium spp. and Aspergillus spp.
The incidence of Penicillium spp. and Aspergillus spp. increased along the 12 months of the
experiment. Rice seed had good storage conditions in Campinas, in São Paulo State in relation to
the environmental conditions of low moisture and dry weather.