Mycotoxins in maize: mitigation actions, with a chain management approach
Maize is the principal staple food/feed crop exposed to mycotoxins, and the co-occurrence of multiple mycotoxins and their metabolites has been well documented. This review presents the infection cycle, ecology, and plant-pathogen interactions of Aspergillus and Fusarium species in maize, and curren...
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| author | Roberta PALUMBO Ana GONÇALVES Athanasios GKRILLAS Antonio LOGRIECO Jean-Lou DORNE Chiara DALL’ASTA Armando VENÂNCIO Paola BATTILANI |
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| description | Maize is the principal staple food/feed crop exposed to mycotoxins, and the co-occurrence of multiple mycotoxins and their metabolites has been well documented. This review presents the infection cycle, ecology, and plant-pathogen interactions of Aspergillus and Fusarium species in maize, and current knowledge on maize chain management to mitigate the occurrence of aflatoxins and fumonisins. Preventive actions include at pre-harvest, as part of cropping systems, at harvest, and at post-harvest, through storage, processing, and detoxification to minimize consumer exposure. Preventive actions in the field have been recognized as efficient for reducing the entrance of mycotoxins into production chains. Biological control of Aspergillus flavus has been recognized to minimize contamination with aflatoxins. Post-harvest maize grain management is also crucial to complete preventive actions, and has been made mandatory in government food and feed legislation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-20a4ae2e300b435a8766483deea478e62022-12-22T03:06:37ZengFirenze University PressPhytopathologia Mediterranea0031-94651593-20952020-03-0159110.14601/Phyto-11142Mycotoxins in maize: mitigation actions, with a chain management approachRoberta PALUMBO0Ana GONÇALVES 1Athanasios GKRILLAS 2Antonio LOGRIECO 3Jean-Lou DORNE 4Chiara DALL’ASTA 5Armando VENÂNCIO 6Paola BATTILANI 7Faculty of Agriculture, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29100 Piacenza, ItalyCEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, PortugalUniversità degli studi di Parma, Via Università 12, 43121, Parma, ItalyNational Research Council, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, via Amendola 122/O, 70126, Bari, ItalyEuropean Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Via Carlo Magno 1A, 43126, Parma, ItalyUniversità degli studi di Parma, Via Università 12, 43121, Parma, ItalyCEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, PortugalFaculty of Agriculture, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29100 Piacenza, ItalyMaize is the principal staple food/feed crop exposed to mycotoxins, and the co-occurrence of multiple mycotoxins and their metabolites has been well documented. This review presents the infection cycle, ecology, and plant-pathogen interactions of Aspergillus and Fusarium species in maize, and current knowledge on maize chain management to mitigate the occurrence of aflatoxins and fumonisins. Preventive actions include at pre-harvest, as part of cropping systems, at harvest, and at post-harvest, through storage, processing, and detoxification to minimize consumer exposure. Preventive actions in the field have been recognized as efficient for reducing the entrance of mycotoxins into production chains. Biological control of Aspergillus flavus has been recognized to minimize contamination with aflatoxins. Post-harvest maize grain management is also crucial to complete preventive actions, and has been made mandatory in government food and feed legislation.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/11142AspergillusFusariumaflatoxinsfumonisinsdeoxynivalenol |
| spellingShingle | Roberta PALUMBO Ana GONÇALVES Athanasios GKRILLAS Antonio LOGRIECO Jean-Lou DORNE Chiara DALL’ASTA Armando VENÂNCIO Paola BATTILANI Mycotoxins in maize: mitigation actions, with a chain management approach Phytopathologia Mediterranea Aspergillus Fusarium aflatoxins fumonisins deoxynivalenol |
| title | Mycotoxins in maize: mitigation actions, with a chain management approach |
| title_full | Mycotoxins in maize: mitigation actions, with a chain management approach |
| title_fullStr | Mycotoxins in maize: mitigation actions, with a chain management approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mycotoxins in maize: mitigation actions, with a chain management approach |
| title_short | Mycotoxins in maize: mitigation actions, with a chain management approach |
| title_sort | mycotoxins in maize mitigation actions with a chain management approach |
| topic | Aspergillus Fusarium aflatoxins fumonisins deoxynivalenol |
| url | https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/11142 |
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