. 2016 Jan 6;6:1503. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01503

Table 2.

Fumonisin production by F. verticillioides in 30 maize samples of 30F35 YG, 2B710 Hx (Bt), 30F35 and 2B710 (non-Bt hybrids) during 10, 20, and 30 days of incubation under temperature of 25°C and humidity of 97.5 to 99.0%.

Period of Incubation	Samples	30F35 YG (Bt)		30F35 (non-Bt)		2B710 Hx (Bt)		2B710 (non-Bt)
		FB₁ (μg/g)	FB₂ (μg/g)	FB₁ (μg/g)	FB₂ (μg/g)	FB₁ (μg/g)	FB₂ (μg/g)	FB₁ (μg/g)	FB₂ (μg/g)
10 days	1	2,92^b	2,26	3,14	2,66	7,65	3,50	8,05	4,59
	2	2,91	2,60^b	3,78	2,83^b	6,72	2,61	10,90	5,68
	3	0,99	0,52	1,58	0,63	7,52	3,48	9,36	5,15
	4	1,99	0,60	2,07	0,41^a	0,19^a	0,02^a	7,92	3,68
	5	1,29	2,54	4,64^b	2,29	8,15	3,83	6,95	3,56
	6	0,32^a	0,61	2,06	0,78	6,01	6,03	8,98	2,59
	7	0,84	0,37^a	3,51	1,77	3,58	1,28	6,13	3,11
	8	2,02	0,57	4,19	2,21	7,70	5,68	4,46^a	2,89
	9	1,24	0,49	1,49^a	0,53	4,34	3,64	4,90	0,80^a
	10	2,64	2,29	2,71	2,30	8,24^b	6,75^b	11,03^b	8,31^b

Mean		^c1.72 ± 0.29^∗	1.29 ± 0.31	^d2.92 ± 0.35	1.64 ± 0.30	^e6.01 ± 0.82	3.68 ± 0.66	^f7.87 ± 0.72	4.04 ± 0.65
20 days	11	2,71	1,96	2,86	1,99	8,74	6,56	9,57	5,42
	12	4,99^b	1,64	5,11^b	1,64	7,26	5,89	10,34	5,87
	13	4,31	2,66^b	4,42	2,66^b	8,49	3,02	9,16	4,36
	14	3,47	2,01	3,76	2,03	7,24	3,68	10,97^b	6,58^b
	15	3,62	1,03	4,09	1,07	5,72	2,95	7,52	5,46
	16	3,48	1,40	3,65	1,41	6,11	2,24^a	5,05^a	2,46^a
	17	1,00	1,66	3,12	2,05	7,90	6,10	10,16	5,88
	18	3,03	2,27	3,16	2,27	4,97^a	3,05	6,83	3,45
	19	0,41^a	1,17	2,15	1,67	9,00^b	6,72^b	10,47	5,22
	20	1,00	0,02^a	1,84^a	0,015^a	5,64	3,98	7,37	4,45

Mean		^c2.8 ± 0.48	1.58 ± 0.23	^d3.42 ± 0.32	1.68 ± 0.23	^e7.11 ± 0.45	4.42 ± 054	^f8.74 ± 0.61	4.92 ± 0.39
30 days	21	2,87	1,55	2,96	1,55	4,43	3,64	9,24	7,45
	22	0,11^a	1,60	2,55	1,61	5,55	2,42	9,00	6,32
	23	2,30	0,91^a	2,45^a	0,92^a	5,56	1,55	9,43	7,90^b
	24	2,89	2,17^b	2,98	2,17	3,44	2,76	3,33^a	0,98^a
	25	2,83	1,88	2,90	1,88	8,43	4,95	11,55^b	7,47
	26	2,71	1,86	2,82	1,87	9,47	5,49	9,70	3,35
	27	3,72^b	2,06	4,01	2,08	9,71^b	6,62	7,86	3,62
	28	2,38	1,51	2,64	1,51	3,72	2,92	9,61	5,21
	29	2,96	1,83	3,15	1,83	2,59^a	1,50^a	8,22	2,56
	30	3,49	1,70	5,34^b	2,28^b	8,63	6,64^b	10,73	5,66

Mean		^c2.63 ± 0.31	1.71 ± 0.11	^d3.18 ± 0.28	1.77 ± 0.12	^e6.15 ± 0.85	3.85 ± 0.62	^f8.87 ± 0.70	5.05 ± 0.74

Mean/total		^c2,38 ± 0.22	1,53 ± 0.13	^d3,17 ± 0.18	1,7 ± 0.13	^e6.58 ± 0.41	3.98 ± 0.36	^f8.68 ± 0.31	4.67 ± 0.35

Fumonisin levels were calculated as described in section “Materials and Methods.”

^aMinimum fumonisin level for each 10, 20, and 30 days; ^bMaximum fumonisin level for each 10, 20, and 30 days; ^∗Mean ± standard error; ^c,dDifferences of FB₁ production in 30F35 YG and 30F35, respectively (P < 0.05); ^e,fDifferences of FB₁ production in 2B710 Hx and 2B710, respectively (P < 0.05).