Show simple item record

Effect of sorting on incidence and occurrence of fumonisins and Fusarium verticillioides on maize from Nigeria

dc.contributor.authorAfolabi, C.G.
dc.contributor.authorBandyopadhyay, Ranajit
dc.contributor.authorLeslie, John F.
dc.contributor.authorEkpo, E.J.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:18:05Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:18:05Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationAfolabi, C.G., Bandyopadhyay, R., Leslie, J.F. & Ekpo, E.J. (2006). Effect of sorting on incidence and occurrence of fumonisins and Fusarium verticillioides on maize from Nigeria. Journal of Food Protection, 69(8), 2019-2023.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3030
dc.description.abstractFumonisin mycotoxins are commonly found on maize and pose a health risk to humans and domesticated animals. Visible sorting of grain has been suggested as a simple technique that can be used to reduce exposure to fumonisins. We collected maize samples in 2003 from different farms in the Kaduna state of Nigeria (Northern Guinea Savanna agroecological zone) that had been sorted by farmers as either good quality or poor quality. The amount of fumonisins and the presence of Fusarium verticillioides were determined for each sample. All 13 poor quality samples and the 5 good quality samples positive for fumonisins contained F. verticillioides. Twelve of 13 poor quality samples contained fumonisins (1.4 to 110 μg/g), as did the five good quality samples that were positive for F. verticillioides (0.2 to 3.7 μg of fumonisins per g). Thus, the visible sorting of grain as a technique to reduce the exposure of subsistence farmers to fumonisins could be successful if there were enough good quality grain available to permit the poor quality grain to be used for another purpose or discarded.
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectFumonisins
dc.subjectFusarium Verticillioides
dc.subjectGrain
dc.subjectSubsistence Farmers
dc.subjectMycotoxins
dc.titleEffect of sorting on incidence and occurrence of fumonisins and Fusarium verticillioides on maize from Nigeria
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Ibadan
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationKansas State University
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAcp
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.regionNorth America
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryUnited States
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectDisease Control
cg.iitasubjectFarm Management
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectNutrition
cg.iitasubjectPlant Genetic Resources
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectPests Of Plants
cg.iitasubjectYam
cg.iitasubjectPlant Diseases
cg.iitasubjectHandling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid94496


Files in this item

Thumbnail
Name:
Afolabi, Fusarium sorting, J of ...
Size:
73.81Kb
Format:
PDF
View/Open

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record