Browsing RP-Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences by Subject "Aflatoxins"
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Antifungal Effects of Ocimum Kilimandscharicum Oil on Aspergillus Flavus Infecting Maize after Harvest
(Maximum Academic Press, 2023)Maize is consumed throughout the year in Kenya. Storage facilities of Maize vary with the economic status of the producers. Poor resource producers are likely to have unsuitable storage facilities whose conditions may ... -
Downregulation of Transcription Factor Aflr in Aspergillus Flavus Confers Reduction to Aflatoxin Accumulation in Transgenic Maize With Alteration of Host Plant Architecture
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015-04)We report success of host-induced gene silencing in downregulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus flavus infecting maize transformed with a hairpin construct targeting transcription factor aflR. Infestation of ... -
Efficacy of selected medicinal plants from Eastern Kenya against Aspergillus flavus
(2014)Aflatoxins are a major problem in Eastern Province of Kenya and Aspergillus flavus has been associated with frequent outbreaks of aflatoxicoses in this region. This study evaluated the efficacy of 15 selected medicinal ... -
A Review of Agricultural Aflatoxin Management Strategies and Emerging Innovations in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Rural Outreach Program, 2016)Aflatoxins are highly carcinogenic secondary metabolites produced by Aspergillus flavus, A. parasiticus and A. nomius. Aflatoxin contamination of food and animal feeds is, therefore, a major food security, food safety, ...
