TABLE 2.
Estimated parameters (a, b, and c) and summary statistics (standard errors of parameters were reported in parenthesis) of non-linear regression analysis (Eq. 1) developed to calculate the growth rate of Aspergillus flavus (Af) (alone, Af or together, Af + Fv) and Fusarium verticillioides (Fv) (alone, Fv or together, Fv + Af) as function of temperature (T).
| Teq | Parameters | R2 | |||
| a | b | c | |||
| Af | 5–45 | 4.70 | 1.26 | 2.30 | 0.90 |
| (0.298) | (0.095) | (0.441) | |||
| Af + Fv | 5–45 | 5.15 | 1.59 | 1.93 | 0.81 |
| (0.539) | (0.179) | (0.544) | |||
| Fv | 5–40 | 4.15 | 1.08 | 2.23 | 0.83 |
| (0.369) | (0.127) | (0.688) | |||
| Fv + Af | 5–40 | 2.64 | 0.66 | 4.85 | 0.82 |
| (0.205) | (0.062) | (1.328) | |||