Aflatoxin contamination of tree nuts is a growing concern for pistachio producing countries.
Development of competitive exclusion strategies through application of atoxigenic …

Abstract In the Mediterranean Basin, the pistachio crop is considered an emerging nut crop
due to the dependence of the European nut markets on international imports. Consequently …

Pistachio nut (Pistacia vera L.) is one of the popular tree nuts in the world. Proper selection
of packaging materials is necessary to prevent absorption of moisture and aflatoxin …

An attempt was made to compare between easy and inexpensive qualitative method
(ammonia vapour test) and analytical methods (thin layer chromatography and enzyme …

Aflatoxins (AFs) are fungal subsidiary products that are predominantly generated by
Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillusparasiticus strains on cereals, nuts, dried fruits and dairy …

1-Pistachio Research Center, Horticultural Sciences Research Institute, Agricultural
Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Rafsanjan, Iran 2-Plant …

The infection of crops by plant pathogenic fungi impairs both quality and quantity causing
huge economic losses to farmers as well as immense effects on human and animal health …

Aflatoxins are highly toxic compounds that are produced as secondary metabolites by some
Aspergillus and Emericella species. Despite huge progress on aflatoxin research during the …

Nuts are among the crops that can be contaminated by aflatoxins (AFs), mycotoxins mainly
produced by A. flavus and A. parasiticus. These fungi are well adapted to tropical and sub …

A. flavus was the most predominant isolate from peanut (19%) and pistachio (22%) samples.
There was a significant relationship between A. flavus contaminations in the peanuts and …