| natural occurrence of moulds and aflatoxin b1 in melon seeds from markets in nigeria. | shelled melon seeds (colocynthis citrullus l.) were purchased from markets in randomly selected villages and towns in three states in each of the rain forest (ogun, oyo and osun) and northern guinea savanna (kaduna, niger and bauchi) zones of nigeria. the seed samples were analysed for incidence of visibly diseased seeds, moisture content, moulds and aflatoxin b1 contamination. the incidence of diseased seeds ranged from 6.4% to 50.4% in the forest, and 4.3% to 34.3% in the savanna, and the mois ... | 2004 | 15207382 |