relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/1879/
title: Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in groundnut in Tumkur district of Karnataka, India
creator: Kumar, K V K
creator: Thakur, R P
creator: Desai, S
subject: Groundnut
description: 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.
date: 2001
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/1879/1/IAN_21_37-39_2001.pdf
identifier:   Kumar, K V K and Thakur, R P and Desai, S  (2001) Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in groundnut in Tumkur district of Karnataka, India.  International Arachis Newsletter, 21.  pp. 37-39.