Cereal Chem 39:100 - 106.  |  VIEW ARTICLE

Invasion of Stored Wheat by Aspergillus ochraceus.

C. M. Christensen. Copyright 1962 by the American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc. 

Wheat was inoculated with A. ochraceus, conditioned to different moisture contents, stored at 20-25 C. and tested periodically. The fungus slowly invaded grain with a moisture content of 15.0-15.5%, and rapidly invaded grain with a moisture content of 16.0% and above. A difference of less than 1% in moisture content had a great influence on the rate at which the fungus invaded the grain. The fungus grew mainly in the embryo, causing its death and decay. A. ochraceus was able to invade only a small percentage of kernels in which A. glaucus already was established.