Controlling aflatoxin in maize: The effects of varieties, packaging materials, and agroecological zones.

Sandra Ama Kaburi, Francis Appiah, Francis Padi Lamptey, Gifty Serwaa Otoo

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Aflatoxin Contamination in Agri-Food Systems: A Comprehensive Review of Toxicity, Food Security, Economic Impacts, and Sustainable Mitigation Across the Value Chain.Food science & nutrition · 2025
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sandra Ama KaburiDepartment of Horticulture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

Francis AppiahDepartment of Horticulture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

Francis Padi LampteyDepartment of Food Science and Postharvest Technology, Cape Coast Technical University, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Gifty Serwaa OtooDepartment of Food Science and Postharvest Technology, Cape Coast Technical University, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Cape Coast Technical University · GHKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contamination of crops by aflatoxin is rampant in warm regions worldwide, including Sub-Sahara Africa. Contamination of maize and other foodstuffs with aflatoxin seriously threatens the health of humans and animals. The experimental design used was 2 × 2 × 3 factorial, laid out in a complete randomized design (CRD) consisting of two agroecological zones, two varieties, and three different packaging materials. At the end of the six months of storage, there was no contamination of the maize with aflatoxin G1. Again, there was no contamination of maize stored in the Forest zone with aflatoxin B1. High contamination levels of aflatoxin B1 (8.91 μg/kg), aflatoxin B2 (10.74 μg/kg), and aflatoxin G2 (14.49 μg/kg) occurred in the Wangdataa variety stored in jute. Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags recorded lower contamination levels than jute and polypropylene (PP). Contamination was higher in the Savannah zone than in the Forest zone. The three packaging materials used gave maximum protection to all the maize stored in the Forest against aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin G1. Farmers, traders, and all aggregators of maize in the Savannah zone should be discouraged from using jute bags to store maize in the Savannah zone for an extended period. Opeaburo should be planted and stored in the Savannah zone rather than Wangdataa. Farmers should be encouraged to use PICS bags to store maize in the Savannah zone to control aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin B2, and aflatoxin G2.

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AflatoxinAgroecological zonesOpeaburoPackaging materialsWangdataa

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PMID37954360

DOI10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21645

PMCPMC10638007

OpenAlexW4388195592

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