Fusarium spp. Contamination of Wheat, Maize, Soybean, and Pea Grain in Croatia

Dario Ivić; Ana-Marija Domijan; Maja Peraica; Tihomir Miličević; Bogdan Cvjetković

doi:10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1963

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Fusarium spp. Contamination of Wheat, Maize, Soybean, and Pea Grain in Croatia

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

Volume 60 (2009): Issue 4 (December 2009)

By: Dario Ivić, Ana-Marija Domijan, Maja Peraica, Tihomir Miličević and Bogdan Cvjetković

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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 identified, F. heterosporum, F. crookwellense, F. pseudograminearum, F. sambucinum, and F. compactum have been reported for the first time in Croatia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1963 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254

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Keywords:

feed,

food,

fungi,

mycotoxins,

species identification

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Volume 60 (2009): Issue 4 (December 2009)