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Research on the aflatoxin problem in groundnut at ICRISAT

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02182348
 
Title Research on the aflatoxin problem in groundnut at ICRISAT
 
Creator Mehan, V K
McDonald, D
 
Subject Groundnut
 
Description Aflatoxin contamination of groundnut is a serious problem in most groundnut producing countries and as such is given high research priority by the Groundnut Improvement Program of ICRISAT. Since 1979 we have concentrated on selecting cultivars resistant to seed invasion and colonization by toxigenicAspergillus flavus, and/or to aflatoxin production following invasion by the fungus. Resistance to invasion and colonization byA. flavus of rehydrated, mature seed has been found, and confirmed, in some cultivars. We have also screened several groundnut cultivars for seed resistance in the field, both under natural conditions and with the inoculum of the fungus added to the soil in the pod zone. Some cultivars with resistance to seed colonization also showed resistance to seed invasion byA. flavus. None of the cultivars tested has shown complete resistance to aflatoxin production but significant cultivar differences occurred in the amounts of aflatoxin produced in seeds inoculated with a toxigenic strain ofA. flavus
 
Publisher Kluwer
 
Date 1984
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/6380/1/PlantandSoil_79_2_255-260_1984.pdf
Mehan, V K and McDonald, D (1984) Research on the aflatoxin problem in groundnut at ICRISAT. Plant and Soil, 79 (2). pp. 255-260. ISSN 1573-5036