Aflatoxin contamination of groundnuts in Mozambique

    Wyk, P S van and Merwe, P J A Van der and Subrahmanyam, P and Boughton, D (1999) Aflatoxin contamination of groundnuts in Mozambique. International Arachis Newsletter, 19. pp. 25-27. ISSN 1010-5824

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    Abstract

    The incidence of fungal infection and levels of aflatoxin contamination (produced by Aspergillus flavus) were studied in groundnuts collected from farmers at lifting and after drying/curing, and from traders in Nampula, Mozambique, during 1997-98. Of 34 samples collected at lifting, 13 were contaminated with aflatoxins and 8 had aflatoxin levels >30 µg/kg. Of 30 samples collected after drying, 10 had aflatoxins and 4 had >30 µg/kg. Of 10 samples collected from traders, only 2 had aflatoxin contamination. Aflatoxin G1 was predominant in samples collected at lifting and aflatoxin B1 in samples collected from traders.

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    Subjects: Mandate crops > Groundnut
    Depositing User: Library ICRISAT
    Date Deposited: 20 Oct 2011 06:07
    Last Modified: 14 Sep 2013 09:45
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/2988
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