Current maize production, postharvest losses and the risk of Mycotoxins contamination in Tanzania

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2015

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 3289-3414

  Suleiman, Rashid ^a   Rosentrater, Kurt ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Fumonisins; Maize; Mycotoxins; Ochratoxin; Post harvest losses; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXINS; AGRICULTURE; CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; HARVESTING; METABOLITES; VIRUSES;

FUMONISINS; MAIZE; MYCOTOXINS; OCHRATOXIN; POST-HARVEST LOSS; TANZANIA;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 84952028890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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