Publications by authors named "Jorge Reyes Pineda"
Toxins (Basel)
April 2018
Article Synopsis
- The intensive use of intraspecific aflatoxin biocontrol agents (BCAs) poses a risk of developing super-toxigenic strains through recombination, while alternating with interspecific BCAs is safer.
- More than 50% of rice-associated biocontrol agents (RABs) showed the ability to inhibit multiple aflatoxin strains, with RAB4R being notably effective by lysing fungal hyphal tips.
- Field trials demonstrated that RAB4R successfully reduced aflatoxin contamination in maize from a highly toxigenic strain, while RAB1, although less effective in growth suppression, substantially inhibited aflatoxin production and could serve as a safe companion BCA due to its lower toxicity.
