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Relationship of BGYF spots detected on the sides of trailers and modules of seed cotton to aflatoxins in ginned seed
Author(s) -
Russell T. E.,
Lee L. S.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02542160
Subject(s) - aflatoxin , spots , aspergillus flavus , lint , horticulture , biology , botany , food science , agronomy
Sides of 146 trailers and 60 modules packed with freshly harvested seed cotton from commercial fields were examined at night using a long‐wave ultraviolet lamp for bright‐green‐yellow fluorescent (BGYF) spots caused by contamination of cotton lint with Aspergillus flavus . During ginning, a 22.7 kg (50 lb sack) of seed was removed from each trailer or module for determination of aflatoxin content. For both carriers, as the number of BGYF spots increased, the level of toxin in ginned seed increased. Assays of seed from 90% of the trailers and 64% of the modules with 0–1 BGYF spots were below 20 µg/kg.