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2009-07-07 |

Non-GE method to control aflatoxin in maize works well in Nigeria

The elimination of deadly aflatoxin, which contaminates food crops in Sub-Saharan Africa, is a step closer now scientists have shown that a control method works well in large-scale field trials. [...] Scientists from the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the United States Department of Agriculture and the African Agricultural Technology Foundation in Kenya have been working together to develop a biological control method to reduce the amount of aflatoxin contamination in maize.

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2009-07-07 |

Non-GE method to control aflatoxin in maize works well in Nigeria

The elimination of deadly aflatoxin, which contaminates food crops in Sub-Saharan Africa, is a step closer now scientists have shown that a control method works well in large-scale field trials. [...] Scientists from the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the United States Department of Agriculture and the African Agricultural Technology Foundation in Kenya have been working together to develop a biological control method to reduce the amount of aflatoxin contamination in maize.

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