“…Many authors (Wilcke et al, 2001;Bern et al, 2002;Chitrakar et al, 2006;White, 2007;Moog et al, 2008) quantified corn kernel deterioration due to fungal growth with different conditions of moisture, temperature, mechanical damage, genetic hybrid resistance, ozone treatment, and fungicide treatment. Nevertheless, little is known about handling and appropriately storing cellulosic biomass for biofuel production.…”