Corn plants are susceptible to infection by fungi such as Aspergillus flavus that have the potential to produce several types of mycotoxins, one of the most potent ones known to exist is aflatoxin. Since aflatoxin contaminated corn must be destroyed, causing annual monetary losses in billions of dollars, it would be helpful to detect the presence of aflatoxin producing fungi at pre-harvest and pre-planting stages. To this end,...