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Preandpostharvest management of aflatoxin in maize: an African perspective by Hell, K., Fandohan, P., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit, Kiewnick, S., Sikora, R.A., Cotty, P.J.

“…Work continues on food basket surveys, the bio-ecology of aflatoxin production, developing biological control through a competitive exclusion strategy, reducing the impact of postharvest management practices on human blood toxin levels, and breeding to reduce the impact of mycotoxins on trade.…”
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Emerging health risks from agricultural intensification in Southeast Asia: a systematic review by Lam, Steven, Giang Pham, Hung Nguyen-Viet

“…Objectives: We aim to examine and synthesize the evidence for human health risks of agricultural intensification in Southeast Asia. …”
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Dietary quality and tree cover in Africa by Ickowitz, Amy, Powell, Bronwen, Salim, Mohammad A., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

“…The relationship between forests and human nutrition is not yet well understood. A better understanding of this relationship is vital at a time when the majority of new land for agriculture is being cleared from forests. …”
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Successional sequence of forest types in a disturbed dry forest reserve in southern Benin, West Africa by Nansen, C., Tchabi, A., Meikle, W.G.

“…Human pressure on forest resources in southern Benin has led to a dramatic reduction and disturbance of natural forest patches. …”
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Current strategies of polyploid plant genome sequence assembly by Kyriakidou, M., Tai, H.H., Anglin, Noelle L., Ellis, David, Stromvik, M.V.

“…The understanding of polyploid genomes is important for the improvement of those crops, which humans rely on for sustenance and basic nutrition. …”
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Leptospira bacteria detected in rodents in Tana River and Garissa counties of Kenya by Wainaina, M., Bett, Bernard K., Ontiri, E., Picozzi, K., Agwanda, B., Strand, T., Grace, Delia, Lundkvist, Å., Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…Its presence in Kenya and some of the neighbouring countries has been documented before and it is thought to contribute significantly to the number of febrile cases in human populations and abortions in livestock. This study investigated Leptospira spp. presence in rodents collected in both a pastoral and irrigated region of Kenya. …”
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Effects of earthworms on soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics at a landscape scale over decades by Lavelle, Patrick, Charpentier, Fabienne, Villenave, Cécile, Rossi, Jean Pierre, Derouard, Laurent, Pashanasi Amasifuen, Beto, Andre, Jean, Ponge, Jean François, Bernier, Nicolas

“…In a context of increasing human population pressures, particularly in developing countries, this degradation of soils results in many social and environmental problems (Eswaran 1994; FAO 2000). …”
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Unravelling the complexity of maize resistance to bacterial and fungal diseases: an integrative perspective by Kistner, María Belén, Romero, Ana María, Iglesias, Juliana

“…Maize is one of the most important cereals for both human and animal nutrition, and diseases that affect the crop pose a major threat to global food security. …”
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Physicochemical transformations of corn-based snacks with underexploited grains addition during storage: multi-analytical assessment by Rolandelli, Guido, Farroni, Abel Eduardo, Buera, María del Pilar

“…Corn-based snacks were prepared with the addition of 25% of millet, sorghum, quinoa, and canary seed flours, which are scarcely used grains for human food and can grow in low-fertility soils. GuggenheimAnderson-de Boer (GAB) and D’arcy & Watt (GDW) sorption models provided information regarding water-solids interactions and microstructural arrangements. …”
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New insights into antibacterial and antioxidant activities of rosemary essential oils and their main components by Ojeda Sana, Adriana Maria, van Baren, Catalina María, Elechosa, Miguel Angel, Juarez, Miguel Angel, Moreno, Silvia

“…The antibacterial activity against human pathogenic and food decay bacteria was also assessed. …”
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Outbreak of Western equine encephalitis virus infection associated with neurological disease in horses following a nearly 40-year intermission period in Argentina by Vissani, Maria Aldana, Alamos, Florencia, Tordoya, Maria Silvia, Minatel, Leonardo, Schammas, Juan Manuel, Dus Santos, Maria Jose, Trono, Karina Gabriela, Barrandeguy, Maria Edith, Balasuriya, Udeni B.R., Carossino, Mariano

“…Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) is a mosquito-borne arbovirus (genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae) that has re-emerged in South America in late 2023, causing severe disease in both horses and humans after a nearly 40-year intermission period. …”
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Spray-drying process preserves the protective capacity of a breast milk-derived Bifidobacterium lactis strain on acute and chronic colitis in mice by Burns, Patricia Graciela, Alard, Jeanne, Hrdỳ, Jiri, Boutillier, Denise, Paez, Roxana Beatriz, Reinheimer, Jorge Alberto, Pot, Bruno, Vinderola, Celso Gabriel, Grangette, Corinne

“…In the present study, we compared the anti-inflammatory capacities of the Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (B. lactis) INL1, a probiotic strain isolated in Argentina from human breast milk, with the commercial strain B. animalis subsp. lactis BB12. …”
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Potential Uses of Wild Germplasms of Grain Legumes for Crop Improvement by Muñoz, Nacira Belen, Ailin, Liu, Leo, Kan, Man-Wah, Li, Hon-Ming, Lam

“…Nevertheless, limited by severe genetic bottlenecks during domestication and human selection, grain legumes, like other crops, have suffered from a loss of genetic diversity which is essential for providing genetic materials for crop improvement programs. …”
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New host species for Leptospira borgpetersenii and Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni by Colombo, Valeria Carolina, Gamietea, Ignacio José, Grune Loffler, Sylvia, Brihuega, Bibiana Felicitas, Beldomenico, Pablo Martín

“…The geographic range of these rodent species include, in addition to Argentina, the countries of Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil, suggesting that these rodents might be involved in the transmission of spirochetes in other regions. Human and animal health care professionals should be alert to the potential occurrence of leptospirosis in areas where these rodent species are present.…”
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A pictorial key to differentiate the recently detected exotic Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901 (Acari, Ixodidae) from native congeners in North America by Egizi, Andrea M., Robbins, Richard G., Beati, Lorenza, Nava, Santiago, Evans, Colleen R., Occi, James L., Fonseca, Dina M.

“…Haemaphysalis longicornis has the potential to be a significant threat to human and animal health, and the urgent need to determine the full extent of its distribution and host range requires availability of a straightforward and practical guide to differentiate it from native species. …”
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Biological control of strawberry grey mold disease caused by Botrytis cinerea mediated by Colletotrichum acutatum extracts by Tomas-Grau, Rodrigo H., Hael Conrad, Veronica, Requena-Serra, F.J., Perato, Silvia Marisa, Caro, María del Pilar, Salazar, Sergio Miguel, Díaz Ricci, Juan Carlos

“…Despite the negative impact on human, animal and environmental health, synthetic fungicides are the most common agrochemicals used to control Botrytis cinerea, the causal agent of grey mold disease. …”
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Microstructural characteristics and physical properties of corn-based extrudates affected by the addition of millet, sorghum, quinoa and canary seed flour by Rolandelli, Guido, García Navarro, Yoja Teresa, García Pinilla, Santiago, Farroni, Abel Eduardo, Gutiérrez López, Gustavo Fidel, Buera, María del Pilar

“…The application of novel ingredients for human consumption is promissory for their re-valorization and further resource exploitation.…”
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Determinants of capybara presence in afforestations of the lower delta of the Paraná river, Argentina by Fracassi, Natalia, Buchter, Wendy M., Pereira, Javier Adolfo, Borodowski, Esteban Daniel, Somma, Daniel Jorge

“…To assess determinants of capybara presence within polder afforestations, its presence was surveyed in 2011–2013 along with 35 habitat and human-related variables at two spatial scales, in 53 watercourse-side sites. …”
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Development of a duplex PCR for the identification of Fasciola hepatica in lymnaeid snails by Mignaqui, Ana Clara, Alvarez, Lucia Paula, Soler, Paula, Larroza, Marcela Patricia

“…Fasciola hepatica is a parasitic trematode that causes fascioliasis, a disease that affects domestic livestock and humans. The complex life cycle of F. hepatica involves lymnaeid snails as intermediate hosts. …”
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Development of a simplified NASBA protocol for detecting viable cells of the citrus pathogen Xanthomonas citri subsp citri under different treatments by Scuderi, Giuseppe, Golmohammadi, Morteza, Cubero, Jaime, López, María M., Cirvilleri, G., Llop, Pablo

“…Nucleic acid sequence based amplification (NASBA) is a method of amplifying RNA, for the detection of RNA viruses and human pathogenic bacteria. Recently, NASBA has also been employed for the detection of plant diseases caused by viruses and quarantine bacteria. …”
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