Mycotoxins in Food in Germany

Curtui, Valeriu; Seidler, C.; Schneider, Elisabeth; Usleber, Ewald

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“…Infections of standing cereal crops by Aspergillus species and contamination by aflatoxins are mild or very rare under the climatic conditions of many European countries: Austria (Öhlinger et al, 2004), Belgium (Chandelier et al, 2004), Germany (Curtui et al, 2004), Hungary (Varga et al, 2004), Poland (Perkowski et al, 2004), Romania (Ittu et al, 2004), the UK (Scudamore, 2004), etc. In 2003, extremely high temperatures during the whole growing season of maize and extraordinary drought from early May to early September, resulting in high levels of water stress for maize cultivated in Northern Italy, led to an intensive occurrence of A. flavus and aflatoxins contamination of maize crops (Moretti et al, 2004).…”

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“…In 2003, extremely high temperatures during the whole growing season of maize and extraordinary drought from early May to early September, resulting in high levels of water stress for maize cultivated in Northern Italy, led to an intensive occurrence of A. flavus and aflatoxins contamination of maize crops (Moretti et al, 2004). In Europe, A. flavus and aflatoxins are considered an 'import problem' (Curtui et al, 2004;Ioannou-Kakouri et al, 2004;Levitin, 2004;Ostry et al, 2004;Perkowski et al, 2004;Varga et al, 2004) and a strict control system is applied to imported critical foods (pistachio, figs, hazelnuts and spices). In Serbia, 30 different species of the genus Aspergillus have been identified, isolated mainly from cereal grains, and later from sunflower grain, wheat flour, oilseed products, vegetable and fruit products, sugar confectionary, raw milk, meat products and from other feed and food products (Lević et al, 2004).…”

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An outbreak of Aspergillus species in response to environmental conditions in Serbia

Lević

Gošić-Dondo

Ivanović

et al. 2013

Pesticidi i fitomedicina

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SUMMARYThe frequency and incidence of A. flavus and A. niger on barley, maize, soybean, sunflower and wheat grain, the abundance of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) moths and their interaction depending on weather conditions in the 2008-2012 period were studied. Under the agroecological conditions of Serbia, the species A. niger is more frequent than A. flavus, and concerning the crop species, its frequency is highest in kernels of sunflower, than soybean, maize, barley and wheat. A. flavus was extremely dominant on all plant species in 2012 regarding its frequency: 100% on soybean, 95.3% on maize, 65.2% on barley, 57.1% on sunflower and 45.8% on wheat. Furthermore, the incidence of A. flavus was higher in 2012 than in previous years. The uncommonly high frequency and incidence of A. flavus infestation of maize grain in 2012 were caused by extremely stressful agrometeorological conditions, high temperatures and drought over the period from flowering to waxy maturity of maize. The precipitation factor (Pf = precipitation sum / average monthly temperature) showed that 2012 was extremely arid in June (Pf = 0.57), July (Pf = 1.45), August (Pf = 0.15) and September (Pf = 1.42). European corn borer (ECB) was a second factor causing intensive occurrence of A. flavus on maize grain in 2012. The maximum flight of ECB moths was recorded as early as in July (5,149) and, as a result of this, high damage and numerous injuries were detected at harvest. Those injuries were covered by visible olive-green powdery colonies typical of A. flavus. In the chronology of A. flavus occurrence, these are the first data on its very high frequency and incidence under the agroecological conditions of Serbia. As intensive infections with A. flavus were rare in the past 50 years, the level of aflatoxins in maize grain was low.

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An outbreak of Aspergillus species in response to environmental conditions in Serbia

Lević

Gošić-Dondo

Ivanović

et al. 2013

Pesticidi i fitomedicina

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“…Furthermore, fumonisins -a group of *Corresponding author. Email: ine.vanderfels@wur.nl ISSN 1944-0049 print/ISSN 1944-0057 online ß 2012 Taylor & Francis http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2012.689996 http://www.tandfonline.com structurally related metabolites produced primarily by the fungi Fusarium moniliforme, F. verticilloides and F. proliferatum -have been found as worldwide contaminants of maize, particularly, fumonisin B 1 (FB1) fumonisin B 2 (FB2) and fumonisin B 3 (FB3) (Munkvold and Desjardins 1997;Curtui et al 2004).…”

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Mycotoxin contamination of cereal grain commodities in relation to climate in North West Europe

Fels‐Klerx

Klemsdal

Hietaniemi

et al. 2012

Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A

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“…While aflatoxins frequently occur in tropical and subtropical regions, AF outbreaks were first reported in Europe in 2003 (Piva et al, 2006 ). AF contamination is currently a perennial problem in Europe due to climate change, particularly in maize‐growing regions of southern Europe including Italy, Spain, Greece, and Serbia (Battilani et al, 2016 ; Curtui et al, 2004 ; Moretti et al, 2019 ). AF concentrations in some years are sufficiently high to interfere with commercial use of the crop (Dobolyi et al, 2013 ; Levic et al, 2013 ; Udovicki et al, 2019 ).…”

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Structure of Aspergillus flavus populations associated with maize in Greece, Spain, and Serbia: Implications for aflatoxin biocontrol on a regional scale

Ouadhene,

Callicott,

Ortega‐Beltran

et al. 2024

Environ Microbiol Rep

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Aspergillus flavus is the most frequently identified producer of aflatoxins. Non‐aflatoxigenic members of the A. flavus L strains are used in various continents as active ingredients of bioprotectants directed at preventing aflatoxin contamination by competitive displacement of aflatoxin producers. The current research examined the genetic diversity of A. flavus L strain across southern Europe to gain insights into the population structure and evolution of this species and to evaluate the prevalence of genotypes closely related to MUCL54911, the active ingredient of AF‐X1. A total of 2173L strain isolates recovered from maize collected across Greece, Spain, and Serbia in 2020 and 2021 were subjected to simple sequence repeat (SSR) genotyping. The analysis revealed high diversity within and among countries and dozens of haplotypes shared. Linkage disequilibrium analysis indicated asexual reproduction and clonal evolution of A. flavus L strain resident in Europe. Moreover, haplotypes closely related to MUCL54911 were found to belong to the same vegetative compatibility group (VCG) IT006 and were relatively common in all three countries. The results indicate that IT006 is endemic to southern Europe and may be utilized as an aflatoxin mitigation tool for maize across the region without concern for potential adverse impacts associated with the introduction of an exotic microorganism.

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Mycotoxins in Food in Germany

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

An outbreak of Aspergillus species in response to environmental conditions in Serbia

An outbreak of Aspergillus species in response to environmental conditions in Serbia

Mycotoxin contamination of cereal grain commodities in relation to climate in North West Europe

Structure of Aspergillus flavus populations associated with maize in Greece, Spain, and Serbia: Implications for aflatoxin biocontrol on a regional scale

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