Low-cost, specific PCR assays to identify the main aflatoxigenic species of Aspergillus section Flavi.

Aflatoxins are fungal metabolites that are present as contaminants in food globally. Most aflatoxigenic species belong to Aspergillus section Flavi, and the main ones are grouped in the A. flavus clade, where many cryptic species that are difficult to discriminate are found.