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. 2023 Nov 1;14:1283127. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1283127

Table 1.

Incidence of AFL and FUM contamination (high or low) in corn in Illinois from 2003 to 2021.

Year AFL FUM N total
Level Number of cases Incidence Level Number of cases Incidence
2003 High 2 2% High 16 16.20% 99
Low 97 98% Low 83 83.80%
2004 High 0 0% High 2 2% 99
Low 99 100% Low 97 98%
2008 High 2 2% High 25 25.30% 99
Low 97 98% Low 74 74.70%
2009 High 0 0% High 6 6.10% 99
Low 99 100% Low 93 93.90%
2010 High 4 4% High 0 0% 99
Low 95 96% Low 99 100%
2011 High 2 2% High 4 4% 99
Low 97 98% Low 95 96%
2012 High 35 35.40% High 3 3% 99
Low 64 64.60% Low 96 97%
2013 High 2 2% High 1 1% 99
Low 97 98% Low 98 99%
2014 High 0 0% High 1 1% 99
Low 99 100% Low 98 99%
2015 High 0 0% High 0 0% 99
Low 99 100% Low 99 100%
2016 High 1 1% High 8 8.10% 99
Low 98 99% Low 91 91.90%
2017 High 4 4% High 1 1% 99
Low 95 96% Low 98 99%
2018 High 2 2% High 16 16.20% 99
Low 97 98% Low 83 83.80%
2019 High 0 0% High 3 3% 99
Low 99 100% Low 96 97%
2021 High 1 0.30% High 10 2.60% 386
Low 385 99.70% Low 376 97.40%

Data were not collected in 2020 due to COVID-19. For AFL high is ≥20 ppb, and for FUM high is ≥5 ppm. N is the number of samples per year.