The Pearson correlation analysis run on data showed an
important influence of thermal treatments on fungal infection; the
significant negative correlation confirmed that exposure to high
temperatures can reduce the incidence of fungal population in
kernels (P 0.01) (Table 4). The aw level resulted negatively
correlated with starch (P 0.05), but positively correlated with
fungal incidence (P 0.05) (Table 4).