Isolation and screening of biocontrol bacterial strains against Aspergillus parasiticus from groundnut geocarposphere.

The article focuses on a study which examined the use of geocarposphere bacterial strains in reducing groundnut pod colonization by Aspergillus flavus. Visual agar plate assay was used to screen for antifungal and anti-aflatoxin activity. Samples of geocarposphere bacterial isolates were collected from Shandong Province, China. Results of the study showed that the loss of norsolorinic acid accumulation in the fungal mycelium indicate conditions inhibitory to aflatoxin production.