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Toxigenicity of Fusarium isolates and fumonisin B1 contamination in rainy season sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

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Title Toxigenicity of Fusarium isolates and fumonisin B1 contamination in rainy season sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)
 
Creator DAS, I K
KUMAR, B S VIJAY
RATNAVATHI, C V
KOMALA, V V
ANNAPURNA, A
SEETHARAMA, N
 
Subject Fumonisin B1; Fusarium moniliforme; Grain sorghum; Mycotoxins
 
Description Fusarium grain infection and resultant contamination by fumonisins in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench)] grains hamper the quality of rainy season sorghum in enhancing its use as food, feed and value-added products. Laboratory and glasshouse experiments were conducted during 2007 to determine the toxigenicity of Fusarium isolates with respect to fumonisin B1 production on sorghum grains. Field trials were conducted at 4 locations to assess fumonisin B1 contamination in elite sorghum cultivars. Fusarium isolates from different sorghum locations in India showed great variations in their ability to produce fumonisin B1 (range: 0–82 143 μg/kg) on sorghum grain. Four out of 65 isolates (around 6%) were highly toxigenic with ability for fumonisin B1 production both on stored grain (>5 000 μg/kg) as well as on fresh grain (>200 μg/kg) samples. Around 32% of the isolates were non-toxigenic. Morphological characters of the Fusarium isolates and their relation with fumonisin B1 production are discussed. Fumonisin B1 contamination in field samples ranged from 5 to 1 398 μg/kg grain and varied over locations and genotypes. Few genotypes showed toxins below safety limits.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
Contributor ICAR
 
Date 2010-08-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/271
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 80, No 8 (2010)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/271/254
 
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