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ArticleToxins2023

A Low-Cost, Portable Device for Detecting and Sorting Aflatoxin-Contaminated Maize Kernels.

Haibo Yao, Fengle Zhu, Russell Kincaid, Zuzana Hruska, Kanniah Rajasekaran

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Article in Toxins, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Haibo YaoGeosystems Research Institute, Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, USA.
Fengle ZhuCollege of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China.
Russell KincaidGeosystems Research Institute, Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, USA.
Zuzana HruskaGeosystems Research Institute, Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, USA.
Kanniah RajasekaranSouthern Regional Research Center, USDA-ARS, 1100 Allen Toussaint Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7975-2330
Stennis Space Center · USSouthern Regional Research Center · USZhejiang University of Technology · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aflatoxin contamination of maize is a major food safety issue worldwide. The problem is of special significance in African countries because maize is a staple food. This manuscript describes a low-cost, portable, non-invasive device for detecting and sorting aflatoxin-contaminated maize kernels. We developed a prototype employing a modified, normalized difference fluorescence index (NDFI) detection method to identify potentially aflatoxin-contaminated maize kernels. Once identified, these contaminated kernels can be manually removed by the user. The device consists of a fluorescence excitation light source, a tablet for image acquisition, and detection/visualization software. Two experiments using maize kernels artificially infected with toxigenic

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AflatoxinsAspergillus flavusFoodFood ContaminationZea maysAflatoxinsaflatoxinsdeveloping countrieslow-costmaizeNDFI detectionportablesorting

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PMID36977088
PMCPMC10058786
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