Source: Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Ctr submitted to
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF AFLATOXINS IN BURKINA FASO FOR IMPROVED FOOD SECURITY
Sponsoring Institution
Agricultural Research Service/USDA
Project Status
NEW
Funding Source
USDA INHOUSE
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0420584
Grant No.
(N/A)
Project No.
6054-42000-022-08T
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Program Code
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Dec 1, 2010
Project End Date
Dec 31, 2013
Grant Year
(N/A)
Project Director
COTTY P J
Recipient Organization
Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Ctr
1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd.
New Orleans,LA 70124-4305
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
(N/A)
Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
27%
Applied
27%
Developmental
46%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
7121219110220%
7121510110260%
7121810110220%
Knowledge Area
712 - Protect Food from Contamination by Pathogenic Microorganisms, Parasites, and Naturally Occurring Toxins;

Subject Of Investigation
1810 - Cottonseed; 1219 - Edible tree nuts, general/other; 1510 - Corn;

Field Of Science
1102 - Mycology;
Goals / Objectives
Develop methods to manage aflatoxins in maize production with emphasis on techniques that are useful in the U.S. and Africa. To select and characterize optimal biological control agents for the prevention of aflatoxins in maize and rotation crops and to develop protocols for optimization of biological control of aflatoxin contamination.
Project Methods
In collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the African Agricultural Technology Foundation, and collaborators in the target country, biological control agents will be selected, characterized, and assessed for efficacy. Researchers and students from target countries will be trained and provide the majority of the research labor. Strains will be evaluated in laboratories and in field tests in Africa. The use and optimization of mixtures of biological control agents will be determined; optimal procedures for effecting both single season and long-term reductions in contamination in diverse agronomic systems including monocropping, co-cropping, and rotation cropping systems will be utilized. Inexpensive methods for production and dissemination of agents and optimal agronomic practices for reducing contamination with the biological controls will be developed.