LANSING, MICH. — A study that used 16 climate change models found aflatoxin in corn could become more of a problem in the Midwest because of higher temperatures caused by climate change. Results ...

Climate change is expanding the reach of aflatoxin, a chemical produced by a gray-green mold that infects corn crops and could threaten widespread damage to the country’s lucrative Corn Belt.

NASHUA, Iowa -The persistent drought brings the potential for aflatoxin in corn, says Connie Hardy with Extension's Grain Quality Initiative told farmers during a fall field day at the Northeast ...

As climate change continues to alter weather patterns around the planet including the Midwest, researchers are modeling the impact on crops such as corn. As climate change continues to alter weather ...

Excessive levels of aflatoxin are showing up in early samples of many McLennan County farmers’ corn. It’s a bad sign, farmers said this week as harvest time arrives. Aflatoxin, a health threat to ...

Mycotoxins, such as aflatoxins, fumonisins, and deoxynivalenol, are toxic chemical substances produced by certain species of fungi that can develop in crops. Maira Duffeck, Extension row crop ...

Corn, a staple food crop consumed by billions of people and animals worldwide, is frequently contaminated by the fungal toxin aflatoxin B1, a highly potent carcinogen produced by the fungus ...

The aspergillus fungus produces aflatoxin during the kind of drought conditions that were most severe in southern Illinois this summer, said Don White, professor of plant pathology at the University ...

The Iowa agriculture department says federal officials have approved a request for corn contaminated by a poison-producing fungus to be blended with other corn for animal feed. The Iowa Department of ...

This corn cob is infected with Aspergillus spp. in a field located at the Upper Coastal Plain Research Station in Rocky Mount, NC. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy ...