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Reducing aflatoxin contamination in peanut genotypes by selection and breeding
Author(s) -
Mixon A. C.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02679301
Subject(s) - aflatoxin , biology , cultivar , mycotoxin , colonization , contamination , aspergillus , genotype , arachis hypogaea , tannin , agronomy , microbiology and biotechnology , horticulture , botany , genetics , ecology , gene
The potential for developing agronomically suitable cultivais using peanut genotypes that exhibit resistance to seed colonization by aflatoxin‐producing strains of Aspergillus species is explored. Some factors found to be associated with the nature of resistance to seed colonization by the toxin‐producing fungi are cell structure, cell arrangement, permeability, waxy surface, tannin content and amino acid components of the seed testae. The practical implications of developing resistant cultivars are presented in data for yield, value and seed quality for 6 advanced peanut lines that were developed by breeding and selection from crosses.