Early Appearance of Aflatoxin in Developing Corn Kernels After Inoculation withAspergillus flavus
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Plant Disease
- Vol. 67 (12) , 1321-1322
- https://doi.org/10.1094/pd-67-1321
Abstract
Developing kernels of corn (Z. mays) Gaspe .times. W103 were inoculated with A. flavus grown in 4 postinoculation regimes, harvested at weekly intervals 2-37 days after inoculation and assayed for aflatoxin B1. Aflatoxin B1 levels averaged 238 ppb 2 days after inoculation and 2482 ppb for all other dates. Aflatoxin levels were near maximum 9 days after inoculation and accumulation were minimal after that time. There was no evidence of a temperature effect in the range of 13.5.degree.-21.5.degree. C thermal U/day.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: