Ia. Elkady et al., AFLATOXIN FORMATION AND VARIETAL DIFFERENCE OF COW PEA (VIGNA-UNGUICULATA (L) WALP) AND GARDEN PEA (PISUM-SATIVUM L) CULTIVARS, Mycopathologia, 133(3), 1996, pp. 185-188
Different cultivars of cow pea and garden pea seeds were surveyed for
susceptibility or resistance towards the toxigenic and aflatoxin-produ
cing mould (Aspergillus flavus IMI 102135). The results show that afla
toxin production varied among the different cultivars of both cow pea
and garden pea. Morphological and histological characters of the diffe
rent cultivars tested did not show any relation between colour, shape
and size of seeds and the amount of aflatoxin produced. The chemical a
nalysis of the different constituents obtained from both seed coats an
d seed kernels with susceptible, partially resistant and resistant cow
pea and garden pea cultivars revealed that the resistant cultivars of
cow pea (namely: Balady cultivar) and garden pea (namely: Melting Sug
ar cultivar) contained lower levels of sodium and higher levels of pho
sphate and potassium.