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ArticleMycotoxin research2017

Occurrence of aflatoxins and its management in diverse cropping systems of central Tanzania.

Anitha Seetha, Wills Munthali, Harry W Msere, Elirehema Swai, Yasinta Muzanila, Ethel Sichone, Takuji W Tsusaka, Abhishek Rathore, Patrick Okori

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Article in Mycotoxin research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
14.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Anitha SeethaInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), P.O. Box 1096, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Wills MunthaliInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), P.O. Box 1096, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Harry W MsereInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), P.O. Box 1096, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Elirehema SwaiAgricultural Research Institute, Hombolo (ARI-Hombolo), Central Zone Crop Research, P.O.BOX 299, Dodoma, Tanzania.
Yasinta MuzanilaSokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), P.O Box 3000, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Ethel SichoneInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), P.O. Box 1096, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Takuji W TsusakaInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), P.O. Box 1096, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Abhishek RathoreInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Telangana, 502 324, India.
Patrick OkoriInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), P.O. Box 1096, Lilongwe, Malawi. p.okori@cgiar.org.
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics · MLInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics · INMikocheni Agricultural Research Institute · TZSokoine University of Agriculture · TZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The staple crops, maize, sorghum, bambara nut, groundnut, and sunflower common in semi-arid agro-pastoral farming systems of central Tanzania are prone to aflatoxin contamination. Consumption of such crop produce, contaminated with high levels of aflatoxin B

Indexed as

Aflatoxin B1AgricultureAspergillus flavusCrops, AgriculturalEdible GrainFood ContaminationFood SafetyHelianthusSorghumTanzaniaZea maysAflatoxin B1Aflatoxin contaminationConfounding factorCrop diversityFood safetyPost-harvest managementSub-Saharan AfricaTanzania

Identifiers

PMID28785910
PMCPMC5644708
OpenAlexW2744393192

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