High incidence ofAspergillus flavusand a
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Richard T. Awuah; Kafui A. Kpodo
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Article
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1996
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Springer Netherlands
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English
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Groundnut samples from 21 selected markets in the 10 regions of Ghana yielded high levels of the aflatoxigenic fungus Aspergillusflavus on half-strength potato dextrose agar. The fungus was associated with 31.7 and 12.8%, respectively, of all damaged and undamaged kemels assayed. Only 0.24% of total