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Science 28 May 1965:
Vol. 148. no. 3674, pp. 1228 - 1229
DOI: 10.1126/science.148.3674.1228
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Aflatoxins: Environmental Factors Governing Occurrence in Spanish Peanuts

Lee J. Ashworth Jr. 1, H. W. Schroeder 2, and B. C. Langley 3

1 Plant Sciences Department, Texas A&M University, College Station
2 Market Quality Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, College Station, Texas
3 Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Stephenville

Aflatoxins are absent from freshly harvested peanuts although Aspergillus flavus infest most of the kernels from pods having visible openings. Microbial competition, governed by kernel moisture, limits aflatoxin content of kernels. The toxins are subject to microbial breakdown but the amount broken down is governed by initial aflatoxin concentration.

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