ABSTRACTSeed of pearl millet,Pennisetum typhoides, prosomillet,Panicum miliaceum; and foxtail millet,Setaria italicawere collected from Nigeria, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. The samples were collected from grain sold in markets, left unharvested in the field, stored in homes or grown on experimental farms. The most prevalentFusariumspecies recovered wereF. equiseti(34%),F. nygamai(26%),F. moniliforme(24%),F. semitectum(10%), andF. chlamydosporum(4%). OtherFusariumspecies isolated includedF. napiforme, F. subglutinans, F. graminearum, F. oxysporum, andF. solani; these species accounted for 3% of those recovered.Fusarium nygamaiandF. moniliformewere most frequently recovered from seed from Nigeria, whileF. equisetiandF. semitectumwere most prevalent in samples from Zimbabwe, andF. equisetiwas the only species isolated from samples from Lesotho.