title: [Relationship between aflatoxin and sclerotia production in aspergillus flavus].
abstract: Eighty strains of Aspergillus flavus (AF) isolated from grain produced in Zhejiang Province were studied experimentally on their abilities of sclerotia production, and 51.3% of the strains could produce sclerotia in Czapek solution agar containing 3% sodium nitrate at 30 C incubation for 12 days, with an average diameter of 827 +/- 131 microns, and no toxigenic S strain producing abundant small sclerotia was found. Most of the toxigenic strains producing sclerotia were L strain. There were no significant difference in the rates and amount of sclerotia production between toxigenic and a toxigenic strains. There was difference in diameter of sclerotia produced between them, with a smaller one in the toxigenic strains.
authors: Zhejiang Provincial Institute for Food Hygiene Supervision and Inspection, Hangzhou.
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Wang
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Tong
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Cong
mesh_terms: D000348:Aflatoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001231:Aspergillus flavus / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D002681:China
chemical_list: D000348:Aflatoxins