@article{icrisat1879,
            year = {2001},
           title = {Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in groundnut in Tumkur district of Karnataka, India},
           pages = {37--39},
          author = {K V K Kumar and R P Thakur and S Desai},
          volume = {21},
            note = {We thank Dr S N Ni g am, ICRISAT
and Dr A Bandyopadhyay, NRCG for their support and
encouragement dur ing the invest igat ion. We especially
thank the farmers of Tumkur dist r ict who wi l l ingl y
provided the informat ion and to A M E (Agr i cul ture
Ma n Ecology) team for their help in the col lect ion of
pod and soil samples. Financial support f rom the Agro
Ecosystem Di rectorate (Rainfed Farming) , NA T P ,
Indian Council of Agricultural Research ( ICAR) is
grateful ly acknowledged.},
         journal = {International Arachis Newsletter},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/1879/},
        abstract = {Results of the studies conducted in Tumkur district of Karnataka, India, in 2000 are presented. These studies were under the National Agricultural Technology Project, 'Aflatoxin contamination in groundnut: mapping and management in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and adjoining areas'. The studies presented include survey of aflatoxin awareness among farmers, traders, and oil millers; pod and soil sampling for investigation of seed infection and soil contamination by Aspergillus flavus; and determination of aflatoxin contamination under market conditions. From these investigations, 6 villages in 3 taluks of Tumkur district were identified with relatively higher population density of A. flavus and higher seed infection.}
}