During the period 2003–2005, spring and winter cereal grain samples were analysed for the presence of the mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone (ZEN), T-2 toxin, ochratoxin A and aflatoxin (total) by the ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) method at the Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture. Mycotoxin DON produced by the fungi of the genus Fusarium was found to be most frequent in Li...

Fusarium head blight is one of the most severe diseases of small grain cereals and is caused by several toxigenic Fusarium species. Yield losses and mycotoxin accumulation in grain are caused by the disease. F. sporotrichioides and F. poae produce type A trichothecenes. Saprophyte fungal antagonists, especially Trichoderma harzianum, are effective biocontrol agents against several fungal soil-b...

BACKGROUND There is an ongoing debate regarding health-related on-pack information appearing on products with low nutritional quality. The purpose of the study was to contribute to this discussion by examining the relationship between health-related on-pack information and the overall nutritional value of highly processed ready-to-eat breakfast cereals (RTECs). METHODS Maximum variation sampl...

BACKGROUND In arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) play key roles in regulating seasonal flowering-responses to synchronize flowering with optimal conditions. FT is a promoter of flowering activated by long days and by warm conditions. FLC represses FT to delay flowering until plants experience winter. SCOPE The identification of genes control...

Orphan small grain cereals highly contribute to food and nutrition security worldwide, although the genetic genomic resources for these are far less available compared major cereals. Consequently, there is low progress in their improvement notwithstanding high nutrient content, diversity, health benefits of many them. Therefore, additional efforts expected improve our understanding genes relate...

The level of cereal yields and the quality these depend, to a large extent, on crop management system, genetic potential given cultivar, but also factors that may cause damage plants or reduction in yield. Such include fungal diseases cereals, which yield by 15–20%, extreme cases even 60%. main determining occurrence pathogens are weather conditions during growing season plants, rotation, previ...

Whole grains consist of the entire grain, and, unlike refined grains, they still contain bran, and germ, which are rich in dietary fibre and micronutrients. Whole grains were once neglected by researchers in favour of studies on dietary fibre, which found that cereal fibres were particularly healthy.As cereal fibres are found in whole grains together with micronutrients and phytochemicals, the ...

Since cereals provide much of the digestible energy and considerable amounts of the protein in feeds for livestock, effects of the processing to which they are subjected are of considerable practical significance. In most developed countries, a substantial proportion of the total supply of cereals is used for feeding livestock. In the United Kingdom, the Home Grown Cereals Authority have estima...

Germination can be used to improve the sensory and nutritional properties of cereal and pseudocereal grains. Oat and quinoa are rich in minerals, vitamins and fibre while quinoa also contains high amounts of protein of a high nutritional value. In this study, oat and quinoa malts were produced and incorporated in a rice and potato based gluten free formulation. Germination of oat led to a drast...