Question

    Aflatoxin is a disease afflicted in the seeds

    of:
    A Groundnut Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Sorghum Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Soybean Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Rajma Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Aflatoxins, secreted in minute quantities by a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, contaminates groundnuts while they grow in the soil, and when farmers try to dry the nuts after harvest.

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