Intervention effectmodel-written summary

T. asperellum reduced the aflatoxin level produced by A. flavus alone from 5120 ± 560 µg/kg to 63.1 ± 3.1 µg/kg.

A claim from Trichoderma harzianum Suppresses Aflatoxins in Zea mays: A Biological Strategy for Pakistan’s Agriculture Industry · 2026

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

T. asperellum reduced the aflatoxin level produced by A. flavus alone from 5120 ± 560 µg/kg to 63.1 ± 3.1 µg/kg.

Taxon
Zea maysZea mayst0
Treatment
T. asperellume0
Interactor
A. flavusAspergillus flavuse0pathogen
Second interactor
T. asperellumTrichoderma asperellume0biocontrol_agent
Outcome
AFT productione0
Direction
reducinge0
Value
63.1 ± 3.1 µg/kge0
Qualifier
5120 ± 560 µg/kge0
Comparator
A. flavus alonee0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSetting

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus flavus · InteractorUS gov · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Trichoderma asperellum
Trichoderma asperellum · Second interactorTashkoskip · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Zea mays”

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“T. harzianum and T. asperellum were the most effective at lowering AFT production of the aflatoxigenic strains, reducing the 5120 ± 560 µg/kg AFT level produced by A. flavus alone to 50.1 ± 1.10 and 63.1 ± 3.1 µg/kg, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1514–1743

Title

Trichoderma harzianum Suppresses Aflatoxins in Zea mays: A Biological Strategy for Pakistan’s Agriculture Industry

Aisha Khalid; Shazia Iram; Irum Asif; et al. Stresses 2026. doi:10.3390/stresses6020034

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Trichoderma asperellum · Aspergillus flavus · Zea mays (maize)Results agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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