Aflatoxin contamination, fluorescence, and insect damage in corn infected with Aspergillus flavus before harvest
1976
Lillehoj, E.B. | Kwolek, W.F. | Peterson, R.E. | Shotwell, O.L. | Hesseltine, C.W.
A. flavus infection of corn ears in South Carolina [USA] fields before harvest was identified and recorded photographically; the presence of the fungus was generally associated with insect activity. A. flavus-infected seed and characteristic kernel fluorescence were related to the occurrence of aflatoxin in corn samples. Fungal-contaminated kernels routinely exhibited 2 types of fluorescence: bright greenish-yellow (BGY) in the germ margin, or intense yellow throughout the endosperm.
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