Peanut contamination by Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin B1 in granaries of villages and markets of Mali, West Africa

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-203

  Tojo Soler, Cecilia M ^a   Hoogenboom, Gerrit ^a   Olatinwo, Rabiu ^a   Diarra, Bamory ^b   Waliyar, Farid ^c   Traore, Sibiry ^d  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b Institut d'Economie Rurale Mali   (Mali)

^c ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^d INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Mali)

Author keywords

Climate; Environmental variables; Food security; Groundnut; Health; Post harvest; Relative humidity; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMIDITY; MALI; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ARACHIS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

EID: 77952852209     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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