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The ICRISAT Approach to Research on the Groundnut Aflatoxin Problem

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Title The ICRISAT Approach to Research on the Groundnut Aflatoxin Problem
 
Creator McDonald, D
 
Subject Groundnut
 
Description Research in a number of countries in the 1960s and early 1970sprovided an excellent understanding
of the effects of cultural practices, produce handling, and storage conditions on aflatoxin
contamination in groundnuts and groundnut products. But the recommendations for management
of the problem evolved from the early research, while readily adopted by progressive
farmers in countries with advanced agriculture, were not being taken up by the majority of
small-scalegroundnut farmers in developing countries. This influenced the decision ofgroundnut
scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISA T) to
concentrate on identification and utilization ofgenetic resistance to seed invasion by Aspergillus
avus and to production of aflatoxins.
 
Date 1989
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4482/1/CP_433.pdf
McDonald, D (1989) The ICRISAT Approach to Research on the Groundnut Aflatoxin Problem. In: International Workshop on Aflatoxin Contamination of Groundnut, 6-9 Oct 1987, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.