Pre- and postharvest management of aflatoxin in maize: An African perspective

Mycotoxins: Detection Methods, Management, Public Health and Agricultural Trade

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 209-218

  Hell, Kerstin ^a   Fandohan, Pascal ^b   Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit ^c   Kiewnick, Sebastian ^f   Sikora, Richard ^d   Cotty, Peter J ^e  

^a Biocontrol Centre for Africa   (Benin)

^b Natl Inst of Agricultural Research   (Benin)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f NONE

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