Modeling maize aflatoxins and fumonisins in a Tanzanian smallholder system: Accounting for diverse risk factors improves mycotoxin models

• William Stafstrom ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wcs98@cornell.edu (WS); rjn7@cornell.edu (RJN)

  Affiliation School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8730-1054

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• Francis Ngure,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Independent Research Consultant, Mycotoxins Mitigation and Child Stunting Research Trial, Arusha Tanzania & Nairobi, Limuru, Kenya, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

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• John Mshanga,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Food Sciences and Biotechnology School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Arusha, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4681-8575

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• Henry Wells,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

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• Rebecca J. Nelson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wcs98@cornell.edu (WS); rjn7@cornell.edu (RJN)

  Affiliation School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

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• John Mischler

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sustainability and Environmental Education, Goshen College, Goshen, IN, United States of America

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