Mfg, Incubation -ARS Cotty Lab The University of Arizona

Aflatoxin Reduction in Crops (ARC)
Aflatoxin Management through Improved Understanding of Aflatoxin-producing Fungi and the Aflatoxin Contamination Process

Incubate Wheat Seeds

Incubator Open
Incubator Closed

	The sterilized, inoculated wheat seed is allowed to incubate for 24 hours in a warm temperature controlled incubator room....

	...The heat and moisture cause the spores to germinate and their hyphae to colonize the wheat seed.

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United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service

ARC is housed at the University of Arizona,
Department of Plant Sciences

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