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Negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non-intensive rainfed production systems

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Title Negligible levels of mycotoxin contamination in durum wheat and groundnuts from non-intensive rainfed production systems
 
Creator Santis, Paola de
Mengistu, Dejene Kassahun
Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat
Nankya, Rose
De Santis, Barbara
Moracci, Gabriele
Debegnach, Francesca
Marsiglia, Riccardo
Reverberi, Massimo
 
Subject vomitoxin
ochratoxins
aflatoxins
hard wheat
genetic resources
vomitoxina
ocratoxinas
nivalenol
aflatoxinas
 
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.
 
Date 2021-09-15
2021-09-28T13:30:35Z
2021-09-28T13:30:35Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier 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
2071-1050
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115196
https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810309
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 17 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher MDPI AG
 
Source Sustainability