Publications
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Development and scale-up of bioprotectants to keep staple foods safe from aflatoxin contamination in Africa
(2022)
Aflatoxins pose a significant public health risk, decrease productivity and profitability and hamper trade. To minimize aflatoxin contamination a biocontrol technology based on atoxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus that ...
Clonostachys rosea to control plant diseases
(2022)
The fungus Clonostachys rosea was recognized as an aggressive parasite on other fungi already in the late 1950s. Research into its potential use in biological control of plant diseases soon followed. Today, there are several ...
Advances in understanding allelopathic interactions between weeds and crops
(2022)
This chapter focuses on advances in understanding allelopathic interactions between weeds and crops. In the first part, we discuss allelopathy in crop-weed interactions while the second part focuses on practical aspects ...
The role of bioprotectants for disease control in integrated crop protection approaches
(2022)
Bioprotectants have the potential to replace chemical pesticides in agricultural cropping systems and crop protection approaches. Development of new bioprotectants in combination with more restricted use of chemical crop ...
Sampling and statistics in assessment of fresh produce
(2022)
New measurement technologies are facilitating new approaches to the improvement of safety and quality in agri-food supply chains. However, measurement uncertainty and choice of sampling strategy can influence the outcomes ...