Claim · model-written summary
T. harzianum reduced the aflatoxin level produced by A. flavus alone from 5120 ± 560 µg/kg to 50.1 ± 1.10 µg/kg.
- Treatment
- T. harzianume0
- Interactor
- A. flavus
Aspergillus flavuse0pathogen - Second interactor
- T. harzianum
Trichoderma harzianume0biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- AFT productione0
- Direction
- reducinge0
- Value
- 50.1 ± 1.10e0
- Qualifier
- 5120 ± 560 µg/kge0
- Comparator
- A. flavus alonee0
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSetting
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Zea mays”
e0“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”
Title
Aisha Khalid; Shazia Iram; Irum Asif; et al. Stresses 2026. doi:10.3390/stresses6020034
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Co-culturing Aspergillus flavus with Trichoderma harzianum significantly decreased aflatoxin levels, a relative reduction of 99.3% compared with aflatoxigenic treatments alone.
- Intervention effect T. asperellum reduced the aflatoxin level produced by A. flavus alone from 5120 ± 560 µg/kg to 63.1 ± 3.1 µg/kg.
- Intervention effect Aspergillus flavus negatively affected maize germination and early growth.
- Intervention effect Trichoderma harzianum significantly enhanced maize germination and early growth.