Assessing Risk of Fumonisin Contamination in Maize Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Table 2

Fungal contamination of 117 maize samples.

Fungal species	Mycoflora content (/g)
	Min.	Max.	Mean	Occurrence (%)
Fusarium (total)	ND	6.3	5.37	97
F. verticillioides	ND	6.3	5.32	90
F. proliferatum	ND	5	3.69	38
F. subglutinans	ND	5.6	3.23	59
F. oxysporum	ND	2.95	0.95	2
F. poae	ND	2.6	0.48	1
F. equisiti	ND	3	1.15	3
F. graminearum	ND	2	0.48	3
Aspergillus	ND	4.33	2.61	56
Mucor	ND	3.78	2.66	56
Penicillium	ND	4.78	3.54	71
Yeast	ND	4.3	3.08	50
Acremonium	ND	5.48	4.25	69
Cladosporium	ND	4.3	3.06	90

ND means “not detected”.