Table 2.
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the effects of temperature (°C), water activity (aw), and carbon dioxide (CO2) on fumonisins (FB1, FB2) produced by Fusarium verticillioides on milled-maize agar.
| Source | DF | MS | F-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| FB1 | |||
| T | 1 | 7643.85 | 31.39 * |
| aw | 2 | 2050.18 | 8.42 * |
| CO2 | 2 | 514.15 | 2.11 |
| T × aw | 2 | 2884.51 | 11.85 * |
| T × CO2 | 2 | 771.11 | 3.17 |
| aw × CO2 | 4 | 1451.5 | 1.24 |
| T × aw × CO2 | 4 | 302.65 | 1.06 |
| FB2 | |||
| T | 1 | 126.48 | 5.05 |
| aw | 2 | 198.74 | 7.94 * |
| CO2 | 2 | 52.16 | 2.08 |
| T × aw | 2 | 174.51 | 6.97 |
| T × CO2 | 2 | 84.09 | 3.36 |
| aw × CO2 | 4 | 96.42 | 2.25 |
| T × aw × CO2 | 4 | 46.34 | 0.64 |
DF: degrees of freedom; MS: mean squares; * significant (p < 0.05).