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Plant Mycotoxin Research Unit (PMR)
PMR's mission is to reduce or eliminate mycotoxin contamination of foods by:
- Inhibiting fungal growth and mycotoxin synthesis
- Controlling major insect pests
- Improving post-harvest processing to remove contaminated products
Emphasis is placed on aflatoxin contamination of tree nuts (almonds, pistachios and walnuts) and figs. Methods developed improve food quality, safety and exportability and are ecologically benign and conducive to technology transfer.
Our staff includes scientists with professional expertise in natural products chemistry, agricultural engineering, physics, entomology, microbiology, functional genomics, plant pathology, and molecular systematics. |
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PMR research poster wins the Thomas J. Walsh Clinical Mycology Award at this year's Focus on Fungal Infections 18 conference. Please visit the News page for details and the poster in PDF format. |
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Proceedings from the 2007 Annual Multi-Crop Aflatoxin/Fumonisin Elimination and Fungal Genomics Workshops are now available, courtesy of the Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, Tifton, GA. See Quick Links at right to download file. | |
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Last Modified: 07/25/2008
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