Mycological quality of pecan nuts from Brazil: absence of aflatoxigenic fungi and aflatoxins

ABSTRACT: In recent years, Brazil has encouraged the cultivation of pecans to meet both demands of domestic and international market of nuts. New genetic varieties of pecans have been selected in recent years, but available scientific information on the occurrence of fungi and aflatoxins in the int...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Valle Garcia, Vivian Machado Moraes, Angélica Olivier Bernardi, Maurício Schneider Oliveira, Carlos Augusto Mallmann, Jardel Boscardin, Marina Venturini Copetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782019000600752&lng=en&tlng=en