Publications

If you want to get some more scientifical Insights, you’ve come to the right place!

Below are all AflaZ participating Scientists and their Publications:

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Dr. Ruth Amatha

What influences uptake of alternative pest management practices by potato farmers? Evidence from six counties in Kenya (2021)

Management of aflatoxins in maize during storage using plant products and diatomaceous earth (2024)

Hillary Cheruiyot

Prof. Dr. David Kariuki

Dr. Ronald Maul

Dr. Thorsten Meiners

Effect of Cropping Systems on the Dispersal of Myotoxigenetic Fungi by Insects in Pre-harvest Maize in Kenya (2024)

The role of maize sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and maize weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionodae) in the spread of Aspergillus flavus in pre-harvest maize in Kenya (2024)

Stephen Muchiri

PD Dr. Katherine Munoz

Soil Microbial Responses to Aflatoxin Exposure: Consequences for Biomass, Activity and Catabolic Functionalit

Validation of a Simple and Reliable Method for the Determination of Aflatoxins in soil and Food Matices

Kinetics of microbial and photochemical degradation of aflatoxin B1 in a sandy loam and clay soil

Fuasarium Mycotoxins in Maize Field Soils: Method Validation and Implications for Sampling Strategy

Mycotoxins as environmental pollutants: Occurrence, fate and monitoring strategies for mycotoxins in soils and risk assessment at consumer level

Ginson Riungu

Effect of Cropping Systems on the Dispersal of Myotoxigenetic Fungi by Insects in Pre-harvest Maize in Kenya (2024)

The role of maize sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and maize weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionodae) in the spread of Aspergillus flavus in pre-harvest maize in Kenya (2024)

M.Sc. Christian Roder

Prof. Dr. Gabriele E. Schaumann

PD Dr. Markus Schmidt-Heydt:

Analysis of the competitiveness between a non‑aflatoxigenic and an aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus strain on maize kernels by droplet digital PCR (2024)

Formation of B‑ and M‑group aflatoxins and precursors by Aspergillus flavus on maize and its implication for food safety (2022)

Comparative analysis of the genomes and aflatoxin production patterns of three species within the Aspergillus section Flavi reveals an undescribed chemotype and habitat-specific genetic traits (2024)

Whole-genome sequence of an Aspergillus parasiticus strain isolated from Kenyan soil (2023)

The Production of Mycotoxins as an Adaptation to the Post-Harvest Environment (2021)

Julius Albert – PhD Dissertation:

Aflatoxins in the Soil Environment – Occurence, Fate and Consequences for the Soil Microbiome and Associated Functions (2024)