It's not fun when a fungus contaminates crops. Safe native fungi, however, show promise in the fight against toxic fungal contamination. The fungus Aspergillus flavus can infect several crops, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Grain elevators in Eastern Iowa are testing for the presence of a toxin in corn that could create ...

Pro Farmer Members from Indiana to Nebraska tell us they’ve had loads of corn rejected due to aflatoxin. And it’s not just on low-yielding corn that was most-severely stressed by this summer’s heat ...

In the midst of rumors and anti-GMO rhetoric, one researcher is striving to use genetic modification to improve crop health as well as potentially save consumer lives. Aspergillus, which creates ...

Grain industry representatives are touting the effectiveness of the One Sample Strategy, a standardized testing method for aflatoxin. The program is administered by the Office of the Texas State ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Iowa has dropped a requirement that all milk received in the state be tested for aflatoxin, the toxic byproduct of a mold that attacks corn during a drought, the state's ...

Native fungi combinations show promise against aflatoxin. It's not fun when a fungus contaminates crops. Safe native fungi, however, show promise in the fight against toxic fungal contamination. The ...