Short communication, Note
https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1963
Fusarium spp. Contamination of Wheat, Maize, Soybean, and Pea Grain in Croatia
Dario Ivić
; Zagreb University Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana-Marija Domijan
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Maja Peraica
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Tihomir Miličević
; Zagreb University Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia
Bogdan Cvjetković
; Zagreb University Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
From 2002 to 2008, 203 samples of wheat, maize, soybean, and pea were analysed for the presence of Fusarium species. Contamination with Fusarium spp., expressed as the percentage of seeds with Fusarium colonies, ranged from 5 % to 69 % for wheat, from 25 % to 100 % for maize, from 4 % to 17 % for soybean, and from 3 % to 17 % for pea. 187 isolates were collected and the following 19 species determined: F. graminearum, F. poae, F. avenaceum, F. verticillioides, F. sporotrichioides, F. heterosporum, F. crookwellense, F. tricinctum, F. semitectum, F. oxysporum, F. proliferatum, F. solani, F. equiseti, F. pseudograminearum, F. chlamydosporum, F. sambucinum, F. compactum, F. scirpi, and F. culmorum.
Dominant species were F. graminearum on wheat (27 % of isolates), F. verticillioides on maize (83 % of isolates), F. sporotrichioides on soybean (34 % of isolates), and F. proliferatum on pea (29 % of isolates). Among species identifi ed, F. heterosporum, F. crookwellense, F. pseudograminearum, F. sambucinum, and F. compactum have been reported for the fi rst time in Croatia.
Keywords
feed; food; fungi; mycotoxins; species identifi cation
Hrčak ID:
45381
URI
Publication date:
22.12.2009.
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