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Effect of Aspergillus flavus on Peanuts Grown under Gnotobiotic Conditions. Donald L. Lindsey, Assistant Plant Pathologist, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80521, Present address of author: Department of Botany and Entomology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88001. Phytopathology 60:208-211. Accepted for publication 27 August 1969. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-60-208.

Two varieties of peanuts (Tennessee Red and Virginia Bunch 46-2) were grown under gnotobiotic conditions, and the pods were inoculated with a conidial suspension of the toxin-producing fungus Aspergillus flavus. No evidence of pathogenicity to peanut plants or pod rot symptoms was observed. A. flavus penetrated the shell tissue consistently, but was limited in its seed invasion to the testa. Invasion and colonization of the embryos by A. flavus appeared to be limited.