Table 3.

Frequency of members within Aspergillus section Flavi isolated from soil in fields in southeastern United States treated with Afla-Guard and AF36 biocontrol strains.

				Incidence (%)
Statea	Year	Soil sampling period	Number evaluated	A. flavus	A. parasiticus	A. caelatus	A. nomius	A. tamarii
Alabama	2012	Pre-application	94	95.7	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Post-application	154	61.0	35.1	3.2	0.7	0.0
		Harvest	106	82.1	13.2	4.7	0.0	0.0
	2013	Pre-application	105	82.9	16.2	0.9	0.0	0.0
		Post-application	97	90.7	7.2	0.0	0.0	2.1
		Harvest	100	98.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Georgia	2012	Pre-application	96	97.9	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Post-application	94	97.9	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Harvest	–b	–b	–b	0.0	0.0	0.0
	2013	Pre-application	93	97.8	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Post-application	–b	–b	–b	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Harvest	94	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
North Carolina	2012	Pre-application	106	84.9	15.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Post-application	94	96.8	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Harvest	94	96.8	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
	2013	Pre-application	105	93.3	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Post-application	94	95.7	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Harvest	97	94.8	5.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

^aAfla-Guard and AF36 were evaluated in both years in North Carolina. In Alabama, Afla-Guard was evaluated in 2012 and 2013, while AF36 was evaluated only in 2013. In Georgia, only Afla-Guard was evaluated in both years.

^bSoil samples were not collected at this time period and no data is available.