Research Article
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 |
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ND means “not detected”.
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