Interrelationship of kernel water activity, soil temperature, maturity, and phytoalexin production in preharvest aflatoxin contamination of drought-stressed peanuts

Dorner, J W and Cole, R J and Sanders, T H and et al, . (1989) Interrelationship of kernel water activity, soil temperature, maturity, and phytoalexin production in preharvest aflatoxin contamination of drought-stressed peanuts. Mycopathologia, 105 (2). pp. 117-128.

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Abstract

Samples of Florunner peanuts were collected throughout a period of late-season drought stress with mean geocarposphere temperatures of 29 and 25 °C, and determinations of maturity, kernel water activity (aw), percent moisture, capacity for phytoalexin production, and aflatoxin contamination were made. Results showed an association between the loss of the capacity of kernels to produce phytoalexins and the appearance of aflatoxin contamination. Kernel aw appeared to be the most important factor controlling the capacity of kernels to produce phytoalexins. Mature peanuts possessed additional resistance to contamination that could not be attributed solely to phytoalexin production. Kernel moisture loss was accelerated in the 29 °C treatment compared to the 25 °C treatment, and data indicated that the higher soil temperature also favored growth and aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus in peanuts susceptible to contamination.

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Additional Information: We thank R. C. Layton for valuable assistance with data analysis. The technical support of J. W. Kirksey, R. A. Tennille, R. L. Greene, E. C. Gill, B. W. Moore, and K. H. Ashley is gratefully acknowledged.This study was funded in part by a grant from the Georgia Agricultural Commodity for Peanuts.
Uncontrolled Keywords: aflatoxin, drought, maturity, moisture, peanuts, phytoalexins
Author Affiliation: USDA, ARS
Subjects: Social Sciences
Divisions: Groundnut
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 17 Apr 2012 09:28
Last Modified: 17 Apr 2012 09:28
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00444034
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/4779

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