Negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non-intensive rainfed production systems
Mycotoxins are chemical contaminants that are invisible, tasteless, chemically stable and survive food processing. Contamination along the agri-food chain is difficult to control since their production and spreading are due to numerous factors including temperature, relative humidity, insect infesta...
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| author | Santis, Paola de Mengistu, Dejene Kassahun Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat Nankya, Rose Santis, Barbara de Moracci, Gabriele Debegnach, Francesca Marsiglia, Riccardo Reverberi, Massimo |
| author_browse | Debegnach, Francesca Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat Marsiglia, Riccardo Mengistu, Dejene Kassahun Moracci, Gabriele Nankya, Rose Reverberi, Massimo Santis, Barbara de Santis, Paola de |
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| description | Mycotoxins are chemical contaminants that are invisible, tasteless, chemically stable and survive food processing. Contamination along the agri-food chain is difficult to control since their production and spreading are due to numerous factors including temperature, relative humidity, insect infestation, and susceptibility of the host plant. This is a pilot study which aims at assessing the contamination level of deoxynivalenol (DON), and its plant metabolites (3AcDON, 15 AcDON, DON 3G), nivalenol, T-2 and HT-2 toxins, and ochratoxin A in thirty-seven traditional varieties of Ethiopian durum wheat, and aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 in thirty-one varieties of Ugandan groundnuts grown in non-intensive rainfed production systems. Results indicate absence of mycotoxin contamination in all durum wheat samples and negligible levels of contamination (below the maximum levels tolerated by international standards) in groundnut samples. Further studies are required to assess if non-intensive production systems and varieties have a role in preventing and/or reducing mycotoxin contamination of the crops. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1151962025-11-11T19:00:01Z Negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non-intensive rainfed production systems Santis, Paola de Mengistu, Dejene Kassahun Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat Nankya, Rose Santis, Barbara de Moracci, Gabriele Debegnach, Francesca Marsiglia, Riccardo Reverberi, Massimo vomitoxin ochratoxins aflatoxins hard wheat genetic resources vomitoxina ocratoxinas nivalenol aflatoxinas Mycotoxins are chemical contaminants that are invisible, tasteless, chemically stable and survive food processing. Contamination along the agri-food chain is difficult to control since their production and spreading are due to numerous factors including temperature, relative humidity, insect infestation, and susceptibility of the host plant. This is a pilot study which aims at assessing the contamination level of deoxynivalenol (DON), and its plant metabolites (3AcDON, 15 AcDON, DON 3G), nivalenol, T-2 and HT-2 toxins, and ochratoxin A in thirty-seven traditional varieties of Ethiopian durum wheat, and aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 in thirty-one varieties of Ugandan groundnuts grown in non-intensive rainfed production systems. Results indicate absence of mycotoxin contamination in all durum wheat samples and negligible levels of contamination (below the maximum levels tolerated by international standards) in groundnut samples. Further studies are required to assess if non-intensive production systems and varieties have a role in preventing and/or reducing mycotoxin contamination of the crops. 2021-09-15 2021-09-28T13:30:35Z 2021-09-28T13:30:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115196 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI De Santis, P.; Mengistu, D.K.; Kidane, Y.G.; Nankya, R.; De Santis, B.; Moracci, G.; Debegnach, F.; Marsiglia, R.; Reverberi, M. (2021) Negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non-intensive rainfed production systems. Sustainability 13(18), 10309. ISSN: 2071-1050 |
| spellingShingle | vomitoxin ochratoxins aflatoxins hard wheat genetic resources vomitoxina ocratoxinas nivalenol aflatoxinas Santis, Paola de Mengistu, Dejene Kassahun Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat Nankya, Rose Santis, Barbara de Moracci, Gabriele Debegnach, Francesca Marsiglia, Riccardo Reverberi, Massimo Negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non-intensive rainfed production systems |
| title | Negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non-intensive rainfed production systems |
| title_full | Negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non-intensive rainfed production systems |
| title_fullStr | Negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non-intensive rainfed production systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non-intensive rainfed production systems |
| title_short | Negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non-intensive rainfed production systems |
| title_sort | negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non intensive rainfed production systems |
| topic | vomitoxin ochratoxins aflatoxins hard wheat genetic resources vomitoxina ocratoxinas nivalenol aflatoxinas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115196 |
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