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Aflatoxin contamination of crops is frequent in warm regions across the globe, including large areas in sub-Saharan Africa. Crop contamination with these dangerous toxins transcends health, food security, and trade sectors. It cuts across the value chain, affecting farmers, traders, markets, and ...


Bandyopadhyay, RanajitOrtega-Beltran, A.Akande, A.Mutegi, C.Atehnkeng, J.Kaptoge, L.Senghor, A.L.Adhikari, B.N.Cotty, P.J.[Biological control of aflatoxins in Africa: current status and potential challenges in the face of climate change]Biological control of aflatoxins in Africa: current status and potential challenges in the face of climate change
Bandyopadhyay, RanajitMenkir, A.Asaad, S.Ban, T.Bergvinson, DavidJeffers, D.Murakami, J.Ortiz, R.Hell, K.James, B.Kumar, P.L.Nigam, S.N.Upadhyaya, Hari D.Waliyar, F.[Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) research-for-development agenda on mycotoxins for enhanced food safety and trade]Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) research-for-development agenda on mycotoxins for enhanced food safety and trade

Banana production in Eastern Africa is threatened by the presence of a new devastating bacterial disease caused by Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum (formerly Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum). The disease has been identified in Uganda, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Tanz...


Biruma, M.Pillay, M.Tripathi, L.Blomme, GuyAbele, S.Mwangi, M.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitMuchunguzi, P.Kassim, S.Nyine, M.Turyagyenda, L.F.Eden-Green, S.[Banana Xanthomonas wilt: a review of the disease, management strategies and future research directions]Banana Xanthomonas wilt: a review of the disease, management strategies and future research directions

Cassava(Manihot esculenta), a root crop originating in Tropical America, has been called Africa’s food insurance but vital as that is, it has the potential to be much more. Already, cassava provides more than half of the dietary calories for over 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (about ha...


Dixon, Alfred G.O.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitCoyne, D.L.Ferguson, M.Ferris, R.S.B.Hanna, R.Hughes, J.Ingelbrecht, I.Legg, J.P.Mahungu, N.M.Manyong, Victor M.Mowbray, D.Neuenschwander, P.Whyte, J.Hartmann, P.Ortiz, R.[Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development]Cassava: from poor farmers crop to pacesetter of African rural development

Mycotoxins are major food contaminants affecting global food security, especially in low and middle-income countries. The European Union (EU) funded project, MycoKey, focuses on “Integrated and innovative key actions for mycotoxin management in the food and feed chains” and the right to safe food...


Logrieco, A.F.Miller, J.D.Eskola, M.Krska, R.Ayalew, A.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitBattilani, P.Bhatnagar, D.Chulze, S.Saeger, S. deLi, P.Perrone, G.Poapolathep, A.Rahayu, E.S.Shephard, G.S.Stepman, F.Zhang, H.Leslie, John F.[The mycotox charter: increasing awareness of, and concerted action for, minimizing mycotoxin exposure worldwide]The mycotox charter: increasing awareness of, and concerted action for, minimizing mycotoxin exposure worldwide
Agboka, K.Ayodele, M.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitBeed, Fen D.Boons, P.Chikoye, D.Coulibaly, O.Coyne, D.L.Dubois, T.Emechebe, A.Gnanvossou, D.Goergen, Georg E.Gold, C.S.Hanna, R.Hauser, S.Hell, K.Herron, C.M.Hughes, Jacqueline d'ArrosJames, B.Kooyman, C.Lema, A.K.Legg, J.P.Mwangi, M.Nankinga, C.Neuenschwander, P.Nolte, C.Norgrove, L.Offei, S.Okech, S.Onzo, A.Ragama, P.E.Tamo, M.Tindo, M.Toko, M.Tripathi, L.Vayssières, Jean-FrançoisWeise, S.F.Wendt, J.Zannou, I.[Project B: developing plant health management options]Project B: developing plant health management options

Crops frequently contaminated by aflatoxins are important sources of revenue and daily nourishment in manyportions of sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, reports have associated aflatoxinswith diminished human healthand export opportunities in many African Nations. Aflatoxins are highly carcinog...


Probst, C.Bandyopadhyay, RanajitCotty, P.[Diversity of aflatoxinproducing fungi and their impact on food safety in subSaharan Africa]Diversity of aflatoxinproducing fungi and their impact on food safety in subSaharan Africa

Many studies have reported the occurrence of mycotoxin in human foods and animal feeds in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Aflatoxins, ochratoxins, fumonisins, and zearalenone are among the most hazardous mycotoxins produced by fungal species, mainly in the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Fusarium....


Udomkun, PatchimapornWiredu, Alexander N.Nagle, MarcusBandyopadhyay, RanajitMüller, JoachimVanlauwe, Bernard[Mycotoxins in sub-Saharan Africa: present situation, socio-economic impact, awareness, and outlook]Mycotoxins in sub-Saharan Africa: present situation, socio-economic impact, awareness, and outlook

Akande, A.Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit[Aflatoxin –The invisible threat to Nigeria’s food security]Aflatoxin –The invisible threat to Nigeria’s food security

Maize infected by aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus flavus may become contaminated with aflatoxins, and as a result, threaten human health, food security and farmers’ income in developing countries where maize is a staple. Environmental distribution and genetic diversity of A. flavus can influence ...


Atehnkeng, J.Donner, M.Ojiambo, P.S.Ikotun, B.Augusto, J.Cotty, P.Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit[Environmental distribution and genetic diversity of vegetative compatibility groups determine biocontrol strategies to mitigate aflatoxin contamination of maize by Aspergillus flavus]Environmental distribution and genetic diversity of vegetative compatibility groups determine biocontrol strategies to mitigate aflatoxin contamination of maize by Aspergillus flavus

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