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Aflatoxin concentration in corn kernels wound-inoculated with Aspergillus flavus was correlated negatively with corn yield, silk leaf nitrogen and grain nitrogen in a 2-yr study in North Carolina.(...) Nitrogen stress may be a factor contributing to aflatoxin contamination of corn
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Gary A. Payne (1989) studied this question.
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