Current food production faces tremendous challenges from growing human population,
maintaining clean resources and food qualities, and protecting climate and environment …

Major staple foods in Southern Africa are prone to mycotoxin contamination, posing health
risks to consumers and consequent economic losses. Regional climatic zones favor the …

Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi belongs to the genera
Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium that are capable of contaminating different types of …

Mycotoxins appear to be the “Achilles' heel” of the agriculture sector inducing enormous
economic losses and representing a severe risk to the health of humans and animals …

The need for safe and quality food, free from the presence of hazardous contaminants such
as mycotoxins is an on-going and complex challenge. Cold atmospheric pressure plasma …

Aflatoxin contamination of groundnut and maize infected by Aspergillus section Flavi fungi is
common throughout Senegal. The use of biocontrol products containing atoxigenic …

Globally, of all mycotoxins, aflatoxins present a significant threat to human and animal health
and has resulted in the introduction of strict food regulatory limits to protect public health. A …

An account is provided of the world's ten most feared fungi. Within areas of interest, we have
organized the entries in the order of concern. We put four human pathogens first as this is of …

Three wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) located in Gauteng province in South Africa
were investigated to determine the diversity, co-occurrence and implications of their fungal …

Africa is one of the regions with high mycotoxin contamination of foods and continues to
record high incidences of liver cancers globally. The agricultural sector of most African …