MYCOFLORA AND AFLATOXIN-PRODUCING STRAINS OF ASPERGILLUS-FLAVUS IN GREENHOUSE-CULTIVATED GREEN BEANS (PHASEOLUS-VULGARIS L)

Citation
Ja. Ruiz et al., MYCOFLORA AND AFLATOXIN-PRODUCING STRAINS OF ASPERGILLUS-FLAVUS IN GREENHOUSE-CULTIVATED GREEN BEANS (PHASEOLUS-VULGARIS L), Journal of food protection, 59(4), 1996, pp. 433-435
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
ISSN journal
0362028X
Volume
59
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
433 - 435
Database
ISI
SICI code
0362-028X(1996)59:4<433:MAASOA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The fungal contamination in green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) was st udied according to their location and height during growth in greenhou ses. The genera most frequently isolated were Aureobasidium, Aspergill us, Penicillium, and Alternaria. Height and location did not have a si gnificant influence on the fungal contamination of the beans. A strain of A. flavus was isolated which had the capacity to synthesize aflato xins in vitro.