Assessment of aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination of maize in western Kenya

Phytopathology

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1250-1261

  Mutiga, S K ^a   Hoffmann, V ^b   Harvey, J W ^c   Milgroom, M G ^a   Nelson, R J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Food safety; Intercrops; Maize value chain; Tropical

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; FUMONISIN; MYCOTOXIN;

FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

AFLATOXINS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUMONISINS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KENYA; MYCOTOXINS; PLANT DISEASES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84941756047     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: 19437684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-10-14-0269-R     Document Type: Article

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