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. 2017 Jul 27;12(7):e0181239. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181239

Table 5. Mycotoxin profile of stored winter wheat grain, debris and clumps samples collected from 6 OTA positive bins from 2011–2014 in Southwestern Ontario.

Control point Sample1 OTA (ng/g) OTB (ng/g) citrinin (ng/g)
type n (%)2 mean3 SE4 T5 Pr>F6 7 (%)2 mean3 SE4 t5 Pr>F6 7 (%)2 mean3 SE4 t5 Pr>F6 7
Manhole Clumps 5 (100) 370.3 198.1 7.2 < .0001 A (80) 47.6 22.1 4.6 0.0001 A (100) 50.6 32.3 7.3 < .0001 A
Wall/floor Debris 6 (100) 80.0 34.0 5.7 < .0001 AB (50) 18.5 12.2 3.0 0.0065 AB (100) 14.9 4.6 7.2 < .0001 AB
Auger Debris 5 (100) 59.7 30.7 5.0 < .0001 AB (100) 11.6 6.1 3.0 0.0062 AB (100) 18.6 8.6 6.2 < .0001 AB
Side door Clumps 4 (100) 46.3 19.0 4.9 < .0001 AB (75) 4.8 3.8 2.1 0.0475 AB (100) 8.9 1.3 5.6 < .0001 AB
Untouched Surface Grain8 6 (67) 15.9 8.0 2.9 0.007 BC (33) 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.4556 AB (50) 5.4 2.8 3.4 0.0022 BC
First/last loads Grain 7 (29) 1.8 1.2 0.7 0.514 C (29) 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.7879 B (29) 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.4739 C
Disturbed surface/ intermediate loads Grain 4 (0) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.818 C (0) 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.7625 B (0) 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.4381 C
Variance components Dfn Dfd F Pr>F F Pr>F F Pr>F
Control point 6 24 8.36 < .0001 3.33 0.0157 9.85 < .0001
Farm 5 24 0.36 0.8949 0.7 0.6495 0.8 0.578

1Samples types: grain clump samples found near manhole opening and door frames, debris and old grain found in augers, on floor and on walls; and grain collected from different areas in the bin.

2percentage of positive samples (LOD:0.3 ng/g);

3mean and

4standard error of untransformed data;

5t value and

6values for the type III error statistics were calculated using ln(X+1) transformation;

7Tukey-Kramer multiple comparisons test (P<0.05), rows with the same letter are not significantly different.

8one clump was found on the bulk surface.