A breakthrough against aflatoxin

Promising and exciting technologies are emerging to help in the fight against mycotoxins. One such breakthrough is host-induced gene silencing. Research has shown how this can be used to alleviate aflatoxin in maize during pre-harvest. Efforts to alleviate aflatoxin from food/feed has taken a multi-prong research approach for decades from both the commercial and academic communities. Efforts include using non-toxin producing Aspergillus strains to out compete naturally-occurring toxin-producing