TY  - JOUR
N2  - 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.
N1  - 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.
AV  - public
A1  - Kumar, K V K
A1  - Thakur, R P
A1  - Desai, S
TI  - Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in groundnut in Tumkur district of Karnataka, India
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/1879/
JF  - International Arachis Newsletter
SP  - 37
Y1  - 2001///
ID  - icrisat1879
EP  - 39
VL  - 21
ER  -