Claim · #6495316
Aspergillus flavus · pathogen pressure · Arachis hypogaea
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“utilization of corn and groundnuts (peanut) as sources of nutrition”
- Authors
- Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- PNAS
- Page
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aflatoxin contamination of groundnut by A. flavus is a major nutritional/health issue in sub-Saharan Africa; classification fits.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“A. flavus is a well-known pre- and post-harvest contaminator of peanut seed; aflatoxin biosynthesis and seed colonization are textbook plant pathology.”
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