Claim · model-written summary
AF36 was present at higher levels on leaves in treated areas than in untreated areas.
- Treatment
- AF36e7
- Interactor
- AF36e6biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- levels of AF36 were on leavese6
- Direction
- highere6
- Comparator
- in the untreated arease6
FicusNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“For several years, we have investigated the use of atoxigenic strains (strains not able to produce aflatoxins) of Aspergillus flavus as biocontrol agents to reduce aflatoxin contamination of figs in California, USA”
e6“The density of A. flavus/A. parasiticus on leaves did not differ significantly between treatments, even though higher levels of AF36 were on leaves in the treated areas than in the untreated areas”
e7“AF36 was applied in 'Calimyrna' fig orchard”
Title
BIOCONTROL OF AFLATOXINS IN FIGS
M.A. Doster; T.J. Michailides; L. Doster; et al. Acta Horticulturae 2008. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2008.798.31
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Approximately 6% of A. flavus isolates from commercial fig orchards in California belonged to the atoxigenic strain AF36.
- Intervention effect Soil under drip lines where AF36-infected wheat was placed had a higher density of A. flavus/A. parasiticus than under drip lines in untreated areas.
- Intervention effect All A. flavus isolates from soil under drip lines in treated areas belonged to AF36, compared with 18.7% in untreated areas.
- Intervention effect AF36 application did not significantly change the density of A. flavus/A. parasiticus on leaves between treatments.
- Observation Almost all A. flavus isolates from noncaprified figs collected from the orchard floor belonged to the applied strain AF36.
- Observation AF36 had colonized debris in the orchard.
- Recommendation Atoxigenic strains show promise for reducing aflatoxin contamination of figs.