Table 4.

Analysis of variance on the effects of water activity (a_W), chitosan dose (C), different strains (S), and their interactions on total fumonisin (FB₁ + FB₂ + FB₃) production by Fusarium proliferatum and Fusarium verticillioides strains grown on irradiated maize grains, and on deoxynivalenol production by Fusarium graminearum strains grown on irradiated wheat grains.

Source of Variation		Fumonisins		Deoxynivalenol
	df a	MS b	F c	MS b	F c
S	1	42,955,342.1	27.7 *	518.3	422.3 *
C	3	18,021,595.5	11.6 *	47.2	38.4 *
aW	2	55,800,484.1	36.0 *	43.2	35.2 *
S × C	3	5,105,970.2	3.3	27.9	22.7 *
S × aW	2	19,662,834.4	12.7 *	7.8	6.4
C × aW	6	21,210,509.7	13.7 *	12.7	10.4 *
S × C × aW	6	6,420,659.2	4.1	5.9	4.8 *

* Significant at p < 0.001; ^a degrees of freedom; ^b mean square; ^c Snedecor-F.