Research Article

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Toxigenic Aspergillus flavus from Groundnut Kernels in Kenya

Table 1

RT-PCR targeted genes and primer sequences with their expected amplicon size.

GenePrimer pairPrimer sequence (5′ ⟶ 3′)Amplicon size (bp)

aflRForwardCCGTCAGACAGCCACTGGACACGG300
ReverseTGACCCACCTCTTCCCCCACG

aflSForwardGAACGCTGATTGCCAATGCC1256
ReverseCGGTCAGGATGTTACTAAGC

aflDForwardACCGCTACGCCGGCACTCTCGGAC400
ReverseGTTGGCCGCCAGCTCTGACACTC

aflPForwardGTGGACGGACCTAGTCCGACATCC624
ReverseGTCGGCGCCACGCACTGGGTTGGG

aflQForwardTTAAGGCAGCGGAATACAAG599
ReverseGACGCCCAAAGCCGAACACAAA

tub1ForwardGCTTTCTGGCAAACCATCTC1198
ReverseGGTCGTTCATGTTGCTCTCA