African Journal of
Food Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Food Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0794
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJFS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 978

Full Length Research Paper

Effect of traditional and hermetic bag storage structures on fungus contamination of stored maize Grain (Zea mays L.) in Bako, Western Shoa, Ethiopia

Negasa F.
  • Negasa F.
  • Ambo Agricultural Research Center, P. O. Box 37, Ambo, Ethiopia.
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Solomon A.
  • Solomon A.
  • Department of food Science and Post-Harvest Technology, Haramaya Institute of Technology, Haramaya University, P. O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
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Girma D.
  • Girma D.
  • Holleta Agricultural Research Center, Holleta, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 01 December 2018
  •  Accepted: 25 January 2019
  •  Published: 31 March 2019

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