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. 1970 May;19(5):781-4.
doi: 10.1128/am.19.5.781-784.1970.

Effects of moisture content and temperature on aflatoxin production in corn

H L Trenk, P A Hartman

Effects of moisture content and temperature on aflatoxin production in corn

H L Trenk et al. Appl Microbiol. 1970 May.

Abstract

Samples of freshly harvested and remoistened corn, of various moisture contents, were stored at different temperatures; analyses for aflatoxin content were made periodically. At moisture levels above 17.5% and at temperatures of 24 C or warmer, aflatoxins were formed by Aspergillus flavus present in the original epiphytic mycoflora. Remoistened dried corn was subject to more rapid fungal deterioration and aflatoxin formation than freshly harvested corn. Screening of the fungi present in the corn revealed aflatoxin production only by A. flavus. The toxigenic strains produced only aflatoxins B(1) and B(2).

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