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Aflatoxins in Cottonseed: A Comparison of Two Cultivars 1
Author(s) -
McMeans J. L.,
Brown C. M.,
McDonald R. L.,
Parker L. L.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1977.0011183x001700050008x
Subject(s) - biology , pink bollworm , aflatoxin , cottonseed , aspergillus flavus , cultivar , gossypium , malvaceae , horticulture , fiber crop , lint , gossypium hirsutum , agronomy , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , larva
Two cotton cultivars, S‐1322 and Deltapine‐16, ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) were compared in field plots in Imperial Co., Calif. in 1973, to determine causes of differences in severity of seed infection by Aspergillus flavus Lk. ex Ft. and in accumulation of aflatoxins. S‐1322 was not as susceptible as Deltapine‐16 because rapid moisture loss from the bolls creates an unfavorable environment for growth of A. flavus , and more bolls escape the pink bollworm [ Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders)] because of its flowering characteristics.