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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