Claim · model-written summary
Fusarium verticillioides, the predominant fungus in the corn samples, had mean kernel incidences of 14, 11 and 18% in the western, northern and southern regions.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse3
- Interactor
- Fusarium verticillioides
Fusarium verticillioidese3pathogen - Outcome
- mean incidences (percent of kernels infected)e3
- Value
- 14, 11, and 18%e3
- Setting
- western, northern, and southern regionse1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“Corn samples intended for human consumption from the western, northern, and southern regions of the state of Santa Catarina”
e3“Fusarium verticillioides, the predominant fungus in the corn samples, had mean incidences (percent of kernels infected) of 14, 11, and 18% for the three regions, respectively”
Title
Fumonisin Contamination and Fusarium Incidence in Corn from Santa Catarina, Brazil
Liana van der Westhuizen; Gordon S. Shephard; Vildes M. Scussel; et al. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2003. doi:10.1021/jf034298z
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Corn for human consumption from the western, northern and southern regions of Santa Catarina had mean total fumonisin B levels of 3.2, 3.4 and 1.7 mg/kg, respectively.
- Observation Corn for animal feed from the southern region had a mean total fumonisin level of 1.5 mg/kg.
- Observation Corn for animal feed from the southern region had a mean F. verticillioides incidence of 10%.
- Observation Fumonisin levels in corn from Santa Catarina were similar to the high levels determined in other high esophageal cancer incidence regions of the world.