Skip to main content

Table 4 Aflatoxin production and quantification among isolates

From: Distribution of indigenous strains of atoxigenic and toxigenic Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus in maize and peanuts agro-ecological zones of Kenya

District

Sample ID

Strain

Species

Aflatoxins

Total aflatoxin conc. (ng g−1)

Msambweni

MSAMRI1CRM

AT

A. tamarii

B

4.7 × 105

Msambweni

MSAVA3DG

AT

A. tamarii

B

7.8 × 104

kibwezi

KIKAT1DG

L

A. parasiticus

B & G

4.0 × 103

Kwale

KMAN2S2CRM

L

A. parasiticus

B & G

7.8 × 104

Kwale

KMWAL2S3W

L

A. parasiticus

B & G

6.65 × 104

Kwale

KMWAL1S2W

L

A. flavus

B

5.552 × 105

Kwale

KMWAL2S1CRM

L

A. flavus

B

8.41 × 104

Makindu

MAKAU2CRM

L

A. parasiticus

B & G

1.742 × 103

Makueni

MAUKA3W

L

A. flavus

B

1.2 × 105

Makueni

MMUK3DG

L

A. flavus

B

7.8 × 104

Makueni

MMUK2CRM

L

A. flavus

B

2.4 × 104

Makueni

MAUKA1CRM

L

A. flavus

B

1.25 × 105

Makueni

MANGE1DG

L

A. flavus

B

2.45 × 104

Makueni

MAU1DG

L

A. flavus

B

7.4 × 104

Msambweni

MSADZO1DG

L

A. parasiticus

B

7.582 × 105

Msambweni

MSAKI2CRM

L

A. flavus

B

1.27 × 104

Msambweni

MSAKI 3W

L

A. flavus

B

8.1 × 105

Msambweni

MSAKI2S3W

L

A. parasiticus

B & G

9.68 × 103

Kibwezi

KIKAL1CRM

S

A. flavus

B

2.25 × 105

Kibwezi

KIMIT 2W

S

A. parasiticus

B & G

1.67 × 106

Kibwezi

KIMIT3CRM

S

A. flavus

B

4.23 × 106

Kwale

KMAK2W

S

A. flavus

B

4.65 × 106

Kwale

KMWAL1S1W

S

A. parasiticus

B

2.15 × 105

Makindu

MAKAU3CRM

S

A. flavus

B

9.157 × 105

Makueni

MAUKA3CRM

S

A. parasiticus

B

3.64 × 105

Makueni

MAWA1CRM

S

A. flavus

B

8.45 × 105

Msambweni

MSAKI1S1W

S

A. flavus

B

2.5 × 105

  1. Samples that produced no aflatoxins are not shown