Table 1.
Number of mycotoxins (including the internal standard verrucarol) detected with stated mass accuracy (in ppm) for each resolving power and concentration level combination in forage maize and maize silage.
| Concentration Level (µg/kg) | Resolving Power | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.500 FWHM a | 35.000 FWHM a | 70.000 FWHM a | 140.000 FWHM a | |||||||||||||
| <2 ppm | 2–5 ppm | 5–10 ppm | >10 ppm | <2 ppm | 2–5 ppm | 5–10 ppm | >10 ppm | <2 ppm | 2–5 ppm | 5–10 ppm | >10 ppm | <2 ppm | 2–5 ppm | 5–10 ppm | >10 ppm | |
| Forage maize | ||||||||||||||||
| 100 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 200 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 300 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maize silage | ||||||||||||||||
| 100 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 200 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 300 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a full width at half maximum (FWHM) at m/z 200; n = nine mycotoxins (including internal standard).