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INITIAL STUDY OF A. FLAVUS IN SOUTH TEXAS

Objective

Determine the composition and geographic structure of A. flavus communities resident in South Texas. Establish the population dynamics of A. flavus in the cotton-corn-sorghum rotation of South Texas. Assess potential of atoxigenic strains native to South Texas to competitively exclude aflatoxin producers and thereby reduce aflatoxin contamination. Perform field plot evaluations to determine the potential of atoxigenic strain technology as a management tool for aflatoxin contamination in South Texas.

Investigators
Cotty, Peter
Institution
USDA - Agricultural Research Service
Start date
2001
End date
2005
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
6435-42000-020-01R
Accession number
404886
Categories
Mycotoxins
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