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, Ranajit
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Ortega-Beltran, A.
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Akande, A.
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Mutegi, C.
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Atehnkeng, J.
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Kaptoge, L.
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Senghor, A.L.
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Adhikari, B.N.
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Cotty, P.J.
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[Biological control of aflatoxins in Africa: current status and potential challenges in the face of climate change]
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Biological control of aflatoxins in Africa: current status and potential challenges in the face of climate change
Aflatoxin contamination in maize and groundnut is perennial in Ghana with substantial health and economic burden on the population. The present study examined for the first time the prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in maize and groundnut in major producing regions across three agroecological...
Agbetiameh, D.
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Ortega-Beltran, A.
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Awuah, R.T.
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Atehnkeng, J.
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Cotty, P.J.
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Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit
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[Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in maize and groundnut in Ghana: population structure, distribution, and toxigenicity of the causal agents]
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Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in maize and groundnut in Ghana: population structure, distribution, and toxigenicity of the causal agents
This report documents the key activities that were carried under the AgResults Aflasafe Pilot Project during the 2018/ 2019 maize-growing season on the verification process to trigger premium payments for successfully harvested and aggregated Aflasafe™-treated maize.
Maize is an important staple crop for the majority of the population in Uganda. However, in tropical and subtropical climates, maize is frequently contaminated with aflatoxins, a group of cancer-causing and immuno-suppressive mycotoxins produced by Aspergillus section Flavi fungi. In Uganda, ther...
Interactions between pathogenic and nonpathogenic fungal species in the tree canopy are complex and can determine if disease will manifest in the plant and in other organisms such as honey bees. Seasonal dynamics of fungi were studied in an almond orchard in California where experimental release ...
Ortega-Beltran, A.
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Moral, J.
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Puckett, R.D.
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Morgan, D.P.
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Cotty, P.
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Michailides, T.
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[Fungal communities associated with almond throughout crop development: implications for aflatoxin biocontrol management in California]
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Fungal communities associated with almond throughout crop development: implications for aflatoxin biocontrol management in California
To identify predominant isolates for potential use as biocontrol agents, Aspergillus flavus isolates collected from soils of almond, pistachio and fig orchard in the Central Valley of California were tested for their membership to 16 atoxigenic vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs), including YV...
Picot, A.
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Doster, M.
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Islam, M.
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Callicott, K.
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Ortega-Beltran, A.
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Cotty, P.
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Michailides, T.
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[Distribution and incidence of atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus VCG in tree crop orchards in California: a strategy for identifying potential antagonists, the example of almonds]
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Distribution and incidence of atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus VCG in tree crop orchards in California: a strategy for identifying potential antagonists, the example of almonds
Ortega-Beltran, A.
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Bandyopadhyay, R.
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[Comments on "Trial summary on the comparison of various non-aflatoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus on Mycotoxin levels and yield in maize" by M.S. Molo, et al. Agron. J. 111:942-946 (2019)]
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Comments on "Trial summary on the comparison of various non-aflatoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus on Mycotoxin levels and yield in maize" by M.S. Molo, et al. Agron. J. 111:942-946 (2019)
Aims: To assess frequencies of the Aspergillus flavus atoxigenic vegetative compatibility group (VCG) YV36, to which the biocontrol agent AF36 belongs, in maize-growing regions of Mexico.
Methods and Results: Over 3500 A. flavus isolates recovered from maize agroecosystems in four states of Mexic...
Ortega-Beltran, A.
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Grubisha, L.C.
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Callicott, K.A.
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Cotty, P.J.
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[The vegetative compatibility group to which the US biocontrol agent Aspergillus flavus AF36 belongs is also endemic to Mexico]
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The vegetative compatibility group to which the US biocontrol agent Aspergillus flavus AF36 belongs is also endemic to Mexico
In California, aflatoxin contamination of almond, fig, and pistachio has become a serious problem in recent years due to long periods of drought and probably other climatic changes. The atoxigenic biocontrol product Aspergillus flavus AF36 has been registered for use to limit aflatoxin contaminat...
Ortega-Beltran, A.
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Moral, J.
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Picot, A.
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Puckett, R.D.
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Cotty, P.J.
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Michailides, T.J.
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[Atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus isolates endemic to almond, fig, and pistachio orchards in California with potential to reduce aflatoxin contamination in these crops]
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Atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus isolates endemic to almond, fig, and pistachio orchards in California with potential to reduce aflatoxin contamination in these crops
Aspergillus flavus frequently contaminates maize, a critical staple for billions of people, with aflatoxins. Diversity among A. flavus L morphotype populations associated with maize in Sonora, Mexico was assessed and, in total, 869 isolates from 83 fields were placed into 136 vegetative compatibi...
Ortega-Beltran, A.
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Cotty, P.J.
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[Frequent shifts in Aspergillus flavus populations associated with maize production in Sonora, Mexico]
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Frequent shifts in Aspergillus flavus populations associated with maize production in Sonora, Mexico