Toxicity of different diets contaminated with various fungi to rice moth larvae (Corcyra cephalonica st)

Growth studies of rice moth larvae (Corcyra cephalonica st) have been carried out in groundnut meal and wheat bran contaminated with A. flavus, A. oryzae, P. purpurogenus and P. rubrum. It was observed that the diets contaminated with A. flavus only are toxic to these larvae. Wheat bran contaminated...

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Published in:Canadian journal of comparative medicine and veterinary science 1967-06, Vol.31 (6), p.160-163
Main Authors: Hegde, U C, Chandra, T, Shanmugasundaram, E R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aflatoxins - toxicity
Animal Feed
Arachis
Aspergillus
Food Contamination
Insecta - drug effects
Insecta - growth & development
Penicillium
Plant Poisoning
Triticum
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Summary:Growth studies of rice moth larvae (Corcyra cephalonica st) have been carried out in groundnut meal and wheat bran contaminated with A. flavus, A. oryzae, P. purpurogenus and P. rubrum. It was observed that the diets contaminated with A. flavus only are toxic to these larvae. Wheat bran contaminated with A. flavus is more toxic than contaminated groundnut meal. The higher toxicity of wheat bran contaminated diet has been discussed. Aflatoxins produced in different substrata are shown to differ when analysed chromatographically. Growth studies of rice moth larvae have also been carried out with aflatoxin and the susceptibility of these larvae has been established.
ISSN:0316-5957