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Aflatoxin Reduction in Crops (ARC)
Aflatoxin Management through Improved Understanding of Aflatoxin-producing Fungi and the Aflatoxin Contamination Process
Biocontrol of Aspergillus flavus

Aflatoxin management in Arizona
Arizona's Aflatoxin management program.

Press and content related to on-farm use of atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus
Links to publications, methods, and articles of atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus used on the farm.

FAQ's
Frequently asked questions about biocontrol of Aflatonins on Cottonseed in Arizona.
Biopesticide registration, EPA, and USDA pulications
Links to AF36 biopesticide registration, label and other Federal and EPA documents relating to atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus and the biocontrol AF36.

Manufacturing of atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus
Details and procedures of producing the biocontrol AF36.

Aflatoxin management in other areas:
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Management of Aflatoxin around the world.

Selcted Publications

  • Cotty, P.J., 2006.Biocompetitive exclusion of toxigenic fungi.p. 179-197 in: "The Mycotoxin Factbook food and feed topics" Barug, D., Bhatnagar, D., van Egmond, H.P., van der Kamp, J.W., van Osenbruggen, W.A., Visconti, A., editors, Wageningen Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
  • Bock, C.H., Mackey, B. and Cotty, P.J. 2004. Population dynamics of Aspergillus flavus in the air of an intensively cultivated region of south-west Arizona. Plant Pathology 53: 422-433.
  • Bock, C. H., and Cotty, P. J. 1999. The Relationship of Gin Date to Aflatoxin Contamination of Cottonseed in Arizona . Plant Disease 279-285.

  • Cotty, P. J. 1994. Influence of field application of an atoxigenic strain of Aspergillus flavus on the populations of A. flavus infecting cotton bolls and on aflatoxin content of cottonseed. Phytopathology 84:1270-1277.
  • P. J. Cotty, and Bhatnagar, D. 1994. Variability among atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus strains in ability to prevent aflatoxin contamination and production of aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway enzymes. Applied Environmental Microbiology 60:2248-2251.
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