Rice contaminated with fungal species during storage is not only of poor quality and low economic value, but may also have harmful effects on human and animal health. The predominant fungal species isolated from rice grains during storage belong to the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium. Some of these fungal species produce mycotoxins; they are responsible for adverse health effects in humans a...

Commercial and sanitary qualities of cereals are important contribute to the determination final application destination grain and, thus, farmer profit. Although considered a minor crop in Italy, last years, cultivation area sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) has been increasing is often adjacent or subsequent most common maize (Zea mays L.) fields, with risk sharing mycotoxigenic fungi that b...

The incidence and toxicological characteristics of mycotoxigenic Fusarium were assessed in 24 proso millet samples collected from fields on Jeju Island, Korea. isolates the comprised F. asiaticum (19.5%), acuminatum (12.4%), graminearum (11.8%), incarnatum (10.7%), equiseti tricinctum (8.9%), 12 other species. contaminated with zearalenone (62.5%), deoxynivalenol (45.8%), nivalenol (41.7%) at m...

Fusarium graminearum is among the main causal agents of Fusarium head blight (FHB), or scab, of wheat and other cereals, caused by a complex of Fusarium species, worldwide. Besides causing economic losses in terms of crop yield and quality, F. graminearum poses a severe threat to animal and human health. Here, we present the first draft whole-genome sequence of the mycotoxigenic Fusarium gramin...

Maize is one of the most important staple crops worldwide. However, it also very susceptible to fungal infections. Some Fusarium species are responsible for causing diseases in maize and producing mycotoxins, contributing considerable reduction yield, quality, profit. In Portugal other Mediterranean countries with similar climatic conditions, F. verticillioides subglutinans frequent infecting m...

Received 1 April 2004 Revised 16 June 2004 Accepted 24 June 2004 In the mycotoxigenic oilseed pathogens Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus and the model filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans, unsaturated fatty acids and their derivatives act as important developmental signals that affect asexual conidiospore, sexual ascospore and/or sclerotial development. To dissect the relations...

Mycotoxin contamination of foods from mycotoxigenic fungi such as Aspergillus, Alternaria, Fusarium and Penicillium spp. is a significant threat to food safety quality. Aflatoxins, ochratoxins, fumonisins, deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, trichothecenes patulin have been demonstrated show immune toxicity, carcinogenicity, nephrotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, neurotoxicity teratogenicity activities in hu...