Aflatoxigenic Fungi and Aflatoxins in Portuguese Almonds

Table 1

Water activity of storage samples throughout the storage period.

Storage 1

Storage 2

Storage 3

A1^a

B1^a

Mean^b

𝑃^c

A2^a

B2^a

Mean^b

𝑃^c

A3^a

B3^a

Mean^b

𝑃^c

In-shell

0.672±0.003

0.589±0.006

0.630±0.046

0.000

0.717±0.012

0.726±0.019

0.721±0.015

1.000

0.416±0.009

0.396±0.010

0.406±0.014

0.661

Shelled

0.696±0.012

0.645±0.007

0.671±0.029

0.092

0.710±0.005

0.720±0.003

0.715±0.006

0.491

0.452±0.020

0.399±0.014

0.426±0.033

0.300

^amean ± standard deviation, 𝑛=3.
^bmean ± standard deviation, 𝑛=6.
^cdifference significance, as determined by Tamhane’s T2 test for 𝑃<0.05.