Description
Aflatoxin Management in Crops: Challenges and Opportunities provides a comprehensive look at current insights into aflatoxin contamination in agricultural crops and its effect on human health on global level. With insights from around the globe, it presents the latest advances in the understanding of the contamination and management strategies for aflatoxins in cereals, millets, oilseed, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. Aflatoxin contamination in crops is a global threat that compromises the safety of food, feed, and also influence the agricultural economy and crop-dependent small scale industries. Crops can be contaminated during the process of harvesting, storing, and transporting by the fungi and leads to the productions of several mycotoxins. Aflatoxin can be extremely harmful if consumed, being linked to cancer-, immune-, and nutritionally related diseases. Aflatoxin Management in Crops: Challenges and Opportunities includes the biology of fungi and the chemistry behind the toxicity level of different aflatoxin strains as well as advances in detection techniques and management strategies. It concludes by exploring the different effects of aflatoxin on human health and regulatory laws to control its contamination.- Presents recent research and challenges in aflatoxin detection, identification, and management in a variety of crops- Includes regulatory aspects from around the world- Explores techniques and equipment for managing contamination
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to aflatoxin status in crops2. Biological aspects of aflatoxigenic fungi3. Chemistry behind aflatoxin toxicity and its derivatives4. Genetics behind aflatoxin biosynthesis and tolerance in crops5. Aflatoxin contamination and management in cereals and millets6. Aflatoxin contamination and management in fruits and vegetables7. Aflatoxin contamination and management in oilseeds8. Aflatoxin contamination and management in milk and dairy products9. Impact of aflatoxin toxicity on human health10. Techniques and equipment for aflatoxin detection in crops11. Regulatory considerations and laws for aflatoxin management
