Globalization, including new international tr
ade standards and regulations, has placed sig-
nificant constraints on competitiveness in a
nd access to international markets for develop-
ing countries, especially those in Sub-Sahara
n Africa. Agricultural commodities from thes...
Coulibaly, O.
,
Hell, K.
,
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
,
Hounkponou, S.
,
Leslie, John F.
,
[Economic impact of aflatoxin contamination in SubSaharan Africa]
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Economic impact of aflatoxin contamination in SubSaharan Africa
Ear-rot-causing fungi, including Aspergillus and Fusarium spp., are common in maize in West and Central Africa. These fungi contaminate maize with mycotoxins that pose serious potential health hazards to humans in these areas. A collaborative germplasm screening project was initiated between the ...
Menkir, A.
,
Brown, R.L.
,
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
,
Chen, Z.Y.
,
Cleveland, T.E.
,
[Breeding maize for resistance to mycotoxins at IITA]
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Breeding maize for resistance to mycotoxins at IITA
Ayalew, A.
,
Kimanya, M.
,
Matumba, L.
,
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
,
Menkir, A.
,
Cotty, P.
,
[Controlling aflatoxins in maize in Africa: strategies, challenges and opportunities for improvement]
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Controlling aflatoxins in maize in Africa: strategies, challenges and opportunities for improvement
Ojiambo, P.S.
,
Twizeyimana, M.
,
Tenkouano, A.
,
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
,
[Rapid and mass screening of banana and plantain for resistance to Black sigatoka disease using detached leaf and in vitro plantlets]
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Rapid and mass screening of banana and plantain for resistance to Black sigatoka disease using detached leaf and in vitro plantlets
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has accepted trade liberalization and globalization as important policy directions. West African trade with Europe and the United States is already much greater than trade with other developed countries or intra-regional trade, although tradi...
Hughes, J.
,
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
,
Makinde, K.
,
Olembo, S.
,
[Institutional aspects of sanitary and phytosanitary issues in ECOWAS trade]
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Institutional aspects of sanitary and phytosanitary issues in ECOWAS trade
Aflatoxin exposure is frequent and widespread in most African countries where the key staples, maize and groundnut, are particularly vulnerable to aflatoxin contamination. Aflatoxin-producing fungi are ubiquitous in Africa where they occupy soil and colonize diverse organic matter while producing...
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
,
Cardwell, K.F.
,
[Species of Trichoderma and Aspergillus as biological control agents against plant diseases in Africa]
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Species of Trichoderma and Aspergillus as biological control agents against plant diseases in Africa
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
,
Muthusubramanian, V.
,
Tooley, P.W.
,
Chakraborty, S.
,
Paioutovd, S.
,
Navi, S.S.
,
[Distribution and diversity of the sorghum sugary disease pathogens in India]
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Distribution and diversity of the sorghum sugary disease pathogens in India
Indira, S.
,
Xu, X.
,
Iamsupasit, N.
,
Shetty, H.S.
,
Vasanthi, N.S.
,
Singh, S.D.
,
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
,
[Diseases of sorghum and pearl millet in Asia]
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Diseases of sorghum and pearl millet in Asia
Leslie, J.
,
Navi, S.
,
Narayana, Y.
,
Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
,
Muniyappa, V.
,
[An overview of sorghum viruses in Asia and Africa]
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An overview of sorghum viruses in Asia and Africa