%0 Journal Article
%A Kumar, K V K
%A Thakur, R P
%A Desai, S
%D 2001
%F icrisat:1879
%J International Arachis Newsletter
%P 37-39
%T Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in groundnut in Tumkur district of Karnataka, India
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/1879/
%V 21
%X 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.
%Z 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.