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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have demonstrated a promising sterilization technique that uses X-ray irradiation to reduce Aspergillus flavus viability in contaminated corn. This method achieves sterilization without ...

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 ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 25% of global food crops are contaminated with different types of fungal toxins, such as aflatoxins, highly toxic and carcinogenic substances ...

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 ...

(Reuters) - High levels of a dangerous toxin found in bagged dog food on a grocery store shelf in Iowa have highlighted the prevalence of a problematic mold in last year's U.S. corn crop, as state and ...