Assessment of Groundnut Varietal Tolerant to Aflatoxin Contamination in Indonesia

Publication date: 2015 Source:Procedia Food Science, Volume 3 Author(s): A.A. Rahmianna , J. Purnomo , E. Yusnawan Aflatoxin is secondary metabolite produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. paraciticus that grow on the seed coat (testa) of groundnut. This toxin is a serious food safety issue throughout the world. The availability of resistant genotype to A. flavus infection and/or aflatoxin contamination urgently needed. The experiment found one genotype had aflatoxin contamination under the safe level (≤ 10 ppb), with <15% of seed number infected by A. flavus. Recently, the biggest peanut industry, where the main production is roasted-peanut (in shell) produced from fresh pods, grows and develops that variety.
Source: Procedia Food Science - Category: Food Science Source Type: research