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Pre-harvest management is a critical practice for minimizing aflatoxin contamination of maize

Maize, the main dietary staple in Kenya, is one of the crops most susceptible to contamination by aflatoxin. To understand sources of aflatoxin contamination for home grown maize, we collected 789 maize samples from smallholder farmers’ fields in Eastern and South Western, two regions in Kenya repre...

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Autores principales: Mahuku, George, Nzioki, Henry Sila, Mutegi, Charity, Kanampiu, Fred, Narrod, Clare, Makumbi, Dan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6251936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30713368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.08.032