Natural toxigenic fungal and mycotoxin occurrence in maize hybrids

The Occurrence of Starch and Erythrodextrin in Maize and Their Segregation in the Pollen of Hybrids.

Occurrence of Toxigenic Fungi in Herbal Drugs

The increase in the consumption of natural drugs have made their use a Public Health problem due to the possibility of access to products without adequate conditions of use. The concern with the quality of the natural products is due to the potential fungal contamination and the risk of the presence of mycotoxins. Ninety-one samples of medicinal plants were evaluated for the fungal contaminatio...

Natural occurrence of Fusarium species, fumonisin production by toxigenic strains, and concentrations of fumonisins B1, and B2 in conventional and organic maize grown in Spain.

Sixty samples of corn from both conventional and organic farms were tested for internal fungal contamination. Molds were identified to genus, and those belonging to the genus Fusarium were identified to species. Twenty isolates of Fusarium verticillioides were tested with a high-performance liquid chromatography-naphthalene dicarboxaldehyde-fluorescence method for their ability to produce fumon...

Assessment Maize Hybrids Response to Biological and Chemical Nitrogen Fertilizers

This research set out to evaluate the effect of combined biological and chemical nitrogen fertilizers on some corn hybrids. To this end an experiment was conducted as split plot on the basis of randomized complete block design with four replications. Main plots were included: use of chemical and biological fertilizers in four levels: 100% chemical fertilizer, 75% chemical fertilizer + 100% bio-...

Quality of Feed Cereals in Tunisia: Natural Occurrence of the Mycotoxin Deoxynivalenol

Bensassi, F., Zarrouk, A., Gargouri-Kammoun, L., Hajlaoui, M.R., and Bacha, H. 2011. Quality of feed cereals in Tunisia: Natural occurrence of the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 6: 11-19. In Tunisia, the contamination of cereal grains with mycotoxins is very common. Such a situation is chiefly favored by the Mediterranean climate of the country, which plays a cri...