Traits related to nitrogen fixation may be used as indirect selection criteria foraflatoxin resistance in peanut. The aim of this study was to investigate therelationship between N2 fixation traits and aflatoxin contamination in peanut underdifferent drought conditions. Eleven peanut genotypes were evaluated under threewater regimes for two seasons in the field. Data were observed on kernel inf...

Maize kernels are susceptible to infection by the opportunistic pathogen Aspergillus flavus. Infection results in reduction of grain quality and contamination of kernels with the highly carcinogenic mycotoxin, aflatoxin. To understanding host response to infection by the fungus, transcription of approximately 9000 maize genes were monitored during the host-pathogen interaction with a custom des...

In mathematical epidemiology, epidemic control often aims at driving the number of infected humans to zero, asymptotically. However, during the transitory phase, the number of infected individuals can peak at high values. Can we limit the number of infected humans at the peak? This is the question we address. More precisely, we consider a controlled version of the Ross-Macdonald epidemiological...

Abstract This article presents the mathematical formulation for monkeypox infection using Mittag–Leffler kernel. A detailed of fractional-order Atangana-Baleanu derivative is given. The existence and uniqueness results system established. local asymptotical stability disease-free case, when <m:mi class="MJX-tex-caligraphic"...

Spatial structure and hence the spatial position of host populations plays a vital role in the spread of infection. In the majority of situations, it is only possible to predict the spatial spread of infection using simulation models, which can be computationally demanding especially for large population sizes. Here we develop an approximation method that vastly reduces this computational burde...

Fusarium graminearum is the causal agent of Gibberella ear rot and produces trichothecene mycotoxins. Basic questions remain unanswered regarding the kernel stages associated with trichothecene biosynthesis and the kernel metabolites potentially involved in the regulation of trichothecene production in planta. In a two-year field study, F. graminearum growth, trichothecene accumulation, and phe...