An integrated model for pre- and post-harvest aflatoxin contamination in maize

ARTICLE OPEN An integrated model for pre- and post-harvest aflatoxin contamination in maize Richard O.J.H. Stutt 1 ✉, Matthew D. Castle 1,2 , Peter Markwell3 , Robert Baker 3 and Christopher A. Gilligan 1 Aflatoxin contamination caused by colonization of maize by Aspergillus flavus continues to pose a major human and livestock health hazard in the food chain. Increasing attention has been focused on the development of models to predict risk and to identify effective intervention strategies....