Abstract:
Aflatoxin development was studied in Tombul type hazelnut inoculated with Aspergillus parasiticus NRRL 2999 and control, stored at 20±2 °C at 85±2 and 95±2% relative humidity (RH) on `10th 20th and 30th days. The mould-inoculated samples had different amounts of aflatoxins (B+G) ranging from 0.0 to 13092 μg/kg. At 85±2% and 95±2% RH with 20±2 °C storage temperature, The detected total amount of aflatoxins were 325 μg/kg and 13092 μg/kg respectively, while no aflatoxin formation was found in control group.