Author:
Neck K.F.,Stack J.P.,Neck J.S.,Caceci T.
Abstract
Raw or processed foodstuffs contaminated with the mycotoxin-producing fungus Aspergillus flavus Link ex Fries may present serious health hazards to humans and animals. Practices aimed at reducing A. flavus contamination of food and feed are being developed. These attempts would be facilitated by an understanding of the life cycle and the survival of the fungus. The formation of sclerotia in culture or on plant tissue by several isolates of A. flavus prompted this morphological study. Sclerotia are broadly defined as aggregations of vegetative hyphae of determinate growth that are capable of surviving adverse environmental conditions. To our knowledge, this is the first SEM study of the sclerotia of A. flavus.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)