Mycotoxin problem in Africa: current status, implications to food safety and health and possible management strategies

JM Wagacha, JW Muthomi - International journal of food microbiology, 2008 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites of fungal origin and contaminate agricultural
commodities before or under post-harvest conditions. They are mainly produced by fungi in …

An overview on mycotoxin contamination of foods in Africa

WS Darwish, Y Ikenaka, SMM Nakayama… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Mycotoxins are fungal secondary metabolites that contaminate various feedstuffs and
agricultural crops. The contamination of food by mycotoxins can occur before production …

[PDF][PDF] Фузариоз зерновых культур

ТЮ Гагкаева, ОП Гаврилова… - … к журналу «Защита …, 2011 - zapoved-mordovia.ru
71 () 3 бесспорные доказательства опасности микотокси нов для здоровья человека и
животных заставляют специалистов постоянно обращаться к данной про блеме …

Fusarium culmorum: Infection process, mechanisms of mycotoxin production and their role in pathogenesis in wheat

JM Wagacha, JW Muthomi - Crop protection, 2007 - Elsevier
Fusarium culmorum is an important pathogen of wheat causing seedling blight, foot rot, and
head blight (Fusarium head blight (FHB)) or scab. The pathogen is dominant in cooler areas …

Identity and pathogenicity of Fusarium spp. isolated from wheat fields in Queensland and northern New South Wales

OA Akinsanmi, V Mitter, S Simpfendorfer… - Australian Journal of …, 2004 - CSIRO Publishing
To establish the identity of Fusarium species associated with head blight (FHB) and crown
rot (CR) of wheat, samples were collected from wheat paddocks with different cropping …

The occurrence of Fusarium species and mycotoxins in Kenyan wheat

JW Muthomi, JK Ndung'u, JK Gathumbi, EW Mutitu… - Crop protection, 2008 - Elsevier
Freshly harvested wheat grain samples were collected during the 2004 growing season to
determine the presence of head blight-causing Fusarium species. Fungal contamination …

Concentration of ergosterol in small-grained naturally contaminated and inoculated cereals

J Perkowski, M Buśko, K Stuper, M Kostecki… - Biologia, 2008 - degruyter.com
Ergosterol (ERG) is a major sterol constituent of most fungi. Its concentration is negligible in
higher plants, but can be used as a chemical marker of the presence of fungal …

Selection and evaluation of the potential of choline-metabolizing microbial strains to reduce Fusarium head blight

DA Schisler, NI Khan, MJ Boehm, PE Lipps… - Biological Control, 2006 - Elsevier
Choline and betaine are found in wheat flower tissues and have been implicated in
stimulating hyphal growth of the primary causal agent of Fusarium head blight (FHB) …

Epidemiology of mycotoxigenic fungi associated with Fusarium ear blight and apple blue mould: a review

XM Xu, AM Berrie - Food Additives and Contaminants, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Research on the epidemiology of plant diseases is briefly reviewed, focusing on two
diseases caused by mycotoxin–producing pathogens: Fusarium ear (or head) blight (FEB or …

Assessing heterogeneity in the relationship between wheat yield and Fusarium head blight intensity using random-coefficient mixed models

LV Madden, PA Paul - Phytopathology, 2009 - Am Phytopath Society
Seventy-seven studies reporting Fusarium head blight disease index (Y; mean percentage
of diseased spikelets per spike) and wheat yield (W; MT/ha) were analyzed to determine the …