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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Aspergillus infection and aflatoxin production in some cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) lines in Tanzania
Mycopathologia, Volume 83, No. 2, Year 1983
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Description
Seeds of twenty-two cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) lines/cultivars were inoculated with Aspergillus parasiticus (Link) (NRRL 3145) and aflatoxin production was evaluated. All the cowpea samples were susceptible to Aspergillus infection and subsequent aflatoxin production. The amount of aflatoxin produced ranged between 466.6 μg/kg to 1 806 μg/kg in the case of B (B1+B2) and 20.8 μg/kg to 82.7 μg/ kg of seed in the case of G (G1+G2). On the basis of the amount of aflatoxin produced on different samples, it is evident that there is at least partial resistance to aflatoxin production in the tested cowpea lines/cultivars. On the basis of the results obtained in this investigation it is apparent that further selection and breeding could provide cowpea cultivars which are resistant to A. parasiticus infection and aflatoxin production. © 1983 Dr W. Junk Publishers.
Authors & Co-Authors
Seenappa, M.
Tanzania
Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Science
Keswani, C. L.
Tanzania
Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Science
Kundya, T. M.
Tanzania, Tanga
Agricultural Research Institute
Statistics
Citations: 14
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/BF00436890
ISSN:
0301486X
e-ISSN:
15730832
Study Locations
Tanzania