A different ('natural') approach to fighting Aflatoxin

Started by Bletchley Park

Susume Lv 1

Aflasafe is made for each country where it is available by selecting strains of the A. flavus fungus that are native to that country, but that do not produce any aflatoxin. They are distributed by the farmer onto the field to fill the niche that A. flavus likes, preventing "unfriendly", aflatoxin-producing strains from moving in or spreading. Here is more info from the manufacturer's website:

https://aflasafe.com/aflasafe/aflasafe-is-safe-and-reliable/

Bruno Kestemont Lv 1

Nature already found the solution ?

Question: is the Afla "not safe" a product from Human activity ? Is it a kind of "alien" mutant introduced in the fields where the local fungi was Aflasafe ?

It would be amazing that we are trying to find a drug in order to stop an human introduced mutant.