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Aflatoxin contamination of groundnuts in Mozambique
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http://oar.icrisat.org/2988/
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Aflatoxin contamination of groundnuts in Mozambique
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Wyk, P S van
Merwe, P J A Van der Subrahmanyam, P Boughton, D |
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Groundnut
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| Description |
The incidence of fungal infection and levels of aflatoxin contamination (produced by Aspergillus flavus) were studied in groundnuts collected from farmers at lifting and after drying/curing, and from traders in Nampula, Mozambique, during 1997-98. Of 34 samples collected at lifting, 13 were contaminated with aflatoxins and 8 had aflatoxin levels >30 µg/kg. Of 30 samples collected after drying, 10 had aflatoxins and 4 had >30 µg/kg. Of 10 samples collected from traders, only 2 had aflatoxin contamination. Aflatoxin G1 was predominant in samples collected at lifting and aflatoxin B1 in samples collected from traders.
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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
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1999
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/2988/1/IAN_19_25-27_1999.pdf
Wyk, P S van and Merwe, P J A Van der and Subrahmanyam, P and Boughton, D (1999) Aflatoxin contamination of groundnuts in Mozambique. International Arachis Newsletter, 19. pp. 25-27. ISSN 1010-5824 |
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