부산대학교 도서관

In the rain forest and northern guinea savanna of Nigeria, melon seeds in farmers' stores are usually kept in woven polypropylene bags, or less often in jute sacks. Seed mouldiness was the main storage problem and when farmers noticed it, they brought the seeds out for redrying and sorting. Aflatoxin B1 contamination was detected at levels above 5µg/kg in 35.6% of the forest and 27.4% of savanna samples with mean levels of 13.7 and 12.1µg/kg respectively. The incidence of diseased seeds positively correlated with levels of aflatoxin B1. The samples stored for up to two months did not contain detectable levels of aflatoxin, but thereafter the incidence and level of aflatoxin increased. Copyright © 2004 Whurr Publishers Ltd