Weekly photo competition winner, 19 October 2012: Aspergillus flavus on maize
This week's winner in our photo competition for CIMMYT staff and friends is George Mahuku, CIMMYT maize pathologist. Taken in Colombia, this simple, clear image shows maize infected with the fungus Aspergillus flavus. Several species of Aspergillus can affect maize, causing Aspergillus ear rot and producing toxins known as aflatoxins that are harmful to birds and mammals, including humans, contaminating the maize grain.
For more information on on Aspergillus ear rot, see CIMMYT's Wheat Doctor: maizedoctor.cimmyt.org/index.php?option=com_content&t...; rel="nofollow.
Photo credit: G. Mahuku/CIMMYT.
Weekly photo competition winner, 19 October 2012: Aspergillus flavus on maize
This week's winner in our photo competition for CIMMYT staff and friends is George Mahuku, CIMMYT maize pathologist. Taken in Colombia, this simple, clear image shows maize infected with the fungus Aspergillus flavus. Several species of Aspergillus can affect maize, causing Aspergillus ear rot and producing toxins known as aflatoxins that are harmful to birds and mammals, including humans, contaminating the maize grain.
For more information on on Aspergillus ear rot, see CIMMYT's Wheat Doctor: maizedoctor.cimmyt.org/index.php?option=com_content&t...; rel="nofollow.
Photo credit: G. Mahuku/CIMMYT.