International Mycotoxin Issues in a Changing World

Monday, August 8, 2011: 8:30 AM-11:15 AM
316A
8:30 AM
Potential strategies for preventing recurrent aflatoxicosis outbreaks in Kenya
Henry Ngugi, Department of Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, Biglerville, PA, U.S.A.

9:00 AM
Risk index assessment of aflatoxin contamination of peanut.
Kira Bowen, Dept. Ent. and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, AL, U.S.A.

9:30 AM
Evaluating human exposure to fumonisins in Guatemala and its possible role as a contributing factor to neural tube defects
Ronald Riley, USDA-ARS Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, Athens, GA, U.S.A.

10:45 AM
Pathogenesis by mycotoxigenic fungi: The tipping points
Gary Payne, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.