fumonisin contamination and fusarium incidence in corn from santa catarina, brazil. | in brazil, the southern region has the highest incidence of esophageal cancer and also the highest production and consumption of corn (zea mays) products. corn samples intended for human consumption from the western, northern, and southern regions of the state of santa catarina, southern brazil, had mean total fumonisin b (b(1), b(2), and b(3)) levels of 3.2, 3.4, and 1.7 mg/kg, respectively. fusarium verticillioides, the predominant fungus in the corn samples, had mean incidences (percent of ke ... | 2003 | 12926917 |