Development and scale-up of bioprotectants to keep staple foods safe from aflatoxin contamination in Africa
Aflatoxins pose a significant public health risk, decrease productivity and profitability and hamper trade. To minimize aflatoxin contamination a biocontrol technology based on atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus that do not produce aflatoxin is used widely in the United States. The technology,...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
2021
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118201 |
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