Fungus fallacy."Farmers without Fungus: How to store peanuts pea·nut n. 1. A prostrate southern Brazilian plant (Arachis hypogaea) widely cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions, having yellow flowers on stalks that bend over so that the seed pods ripen underground. 2. to reduce toxins" (SN: 6/11/05, p. 374) made the minimization of aflatoxins aflatoxins (ăf`lətäk'sĭnz), a group of secondary metabolites that are cancer-causing byproducts of a mold that grows on nuts and grains, particularly peanuts. in peanuts sound beneficial until the recommendation to treat the ground beneath the peanut pallets with insecticides insecticides, chemical, biological, or other agents used to destroy insect pests; the term commonly refers to chemical agents only. Chemical Insecticides . This will induce harm to the soil wildlife on which African farmers and villagers are dependent and to any nearby water sources. It will also add a toxic substance to the peanuts. DARLENE SCHANFALD, SEQUIM, WASH. |
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