Table 3.

Correlation between the contamination level of different Aspergillus species (CFU/g) and the OTA concentration (μg/L) in grapes collected in 2003 in Apulia. ns: not significant; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001.

Species	r2	p	Statistical Significance
A. carbonarius	0.3180	0.0063	**
uniseriate black aspergilli	0.0670	0.2690	ns
A. niger aggregate	0.5610	0.0010	***
A. ochraceus	-	-	-
Total	0.4538	0.0006	***