TABLE 1.

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of Aspergillus flavus (Af) – Fusarium verticillioides (Fv) growth (mm) and aflatoxin B₁ (AFB₁) and fumonisin B₁ + B₂ (FBs) contamination (μg/kg) in the different treatments considered (fungi grown alone or together), temperature (10–40°C, step 5°C), time of incubation (3, 7, 10, 14, and 21 days) and medium (CMM or PDA).

	Growth (mm)				Mycotoxin (μg/kg)
	Af		Fv		AFB1		FBs
Treatment	∗		∗∗		n.s.		n.s.
Alone	38.8	a	27.2	a	32,487		92,658
Together	35.3	b	11.9	b	25,191		57,981
Temperature (°C)	∗∗		∗∗		∗∗		∗∗
10	0.0	f	0.1	e	6	d	0	d
15	26.7	d	35.2	b	28,175	b	30,929	ab
20	49.7	c	39.3	a	62,013	a	258,706	a
25	54.0	bc	37.4	ab	60,740	a	199,220	a
30	72.9	a	23.3	c	20,168	c	20,081	b
35	58.7	b	12.1	d	1,470	d	157	c
40	13.1	e	0.0	e	0	d	0	d
Time of incubation (days)	∗∗		∗∗
3	23.4	c	12.4	c
7	29.2	c	16.8	b
10	40.4	b	15.3	b
14	43.0	ab	23.9	a
21	47.6	a	25.5	a
Medium	n.s.		∗∗
CMM	41.6		14.4	b
PDA	32.6		24.7	a

n.s.: non-significant; ^∗p ≤ 0.05; ^∗∗p ≤ 0.01.