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Aspergillus flavus on Zea mays

  • Credits / Owner: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada
  • Submission date: 2024-08-01 19:44:37
  • Submission ID: #96
<em>Aspergillus flavus</em> on <em>Zea mays</em>
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Aspergillus flavus on Zea mays

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<em>Aspergillus flavus</em> on <em>Zea mays</em>
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Aspergillus flavus on Zea mays

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada

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<em>Aspergillus flavus</em> on <em>Zea mays</em>
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Aspergillus flavus on Zea mays

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada

perspective: spores / magnification: 400x

<em>Aspergillus flavus</em> on <em>Zea mays</em>
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Aspergillus flavus on Zea mays

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada

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Symptoms of Storage rot / Aspergillus flavus on Zea mays

Pathogen

Scientific name

Aspergillus flavus
Genus

Aspergillus
EPPO code

ASPEFL
Common name

Storage rot
Synonyms

Crop

Zea mays
More about Aspergillus flavus

Submission

Description

Light green colonies, with conidiophores terminating in bulbous heads ('pom poms on stalks').

Sterilant: 1% NaOCl
Sterilant time: 4 min
Growth time: 5 days
Lighting: 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 60cm of light. Alternating light/dark in 12 hr intervals
Agar: PDA
Agar brand: Neogen
Sample origin: Canada