ISSN:
1573-0832
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract In the present study we attempt to determine the principal factors which influence the contamination by Penicillium of 116 samples of pre-harvest corn from five crop areas in Valencia (Spain). In the corn tested, Penicillium is the most abundant genus after Fusarium, with an incidence of 71.5% in infected samples, counts of about 642 cfu/g and kernel infection of 8.7%. The most frequently isolated species are Penicillium chrysogenum, P. steckii and P. purpurogenum. There is a high correlation between the contamination from this genus and the amout of kernels broken and infested by insects, as well as a correlation with crop areas. We have found no difference in the contamination of the two varieties of corn investigated.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00442660
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