| Description |
1 online resource (587 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Food science and technology series ; no. 149 |
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Food science and technology (CRC Press) ; 149.
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| Contents |
Front cover; Preface; The Editor; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. The Costs of Mycotoxin Management in the United States; Chapter 2. Aflatoxin and Food Safety: Recent African Perspectives; Chapter 3. Aflatoxin and Food Safety: Recent South American Perspectives; Chapter 4. Aflatoxins in Maize: A Mexican Perspective; Chapter 5. Worldwide Regulations on Aflatoxins*; Chapter 6. Ecology and Population Biology of Aflatoxigenic Fungi in Soil; Chapter 7. The Sterigmatocystin Cluster Revisited: Lessons from a Genetic Model |
| Summary |
Aflatoxins are produced by Aspergillus fungi species, are responsible for damage to 25% of the world's food crop, and also cause human and animal disease in countries where using contaminated grain cannot be avoided. Scientists, most from the southern US, review the progress made in understanding and combating the fungi over the past 15 years. Thei |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Aflatoxins.
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Food -- Safety measures.
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Crop zones.
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Crops, Agricultural
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Aflatoxins
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MEDICAL -- Toxicology.
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Crop zones
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Aflatoxins
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Food -- Safety measures
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Abbas, Hamed K.
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| ISBN |
9781420028171 |
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1420028170 |
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9780824723033 |
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0824723031 |
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9781466545755 |
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1466545755 |
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