Influence of harvest and storage conditions on trichothecenes levels in various cereals.
Grain should be harvested at lowest possible humidity, or immediately dried to safe storage humidity to prevent the growth of fungi. Critical steps of grain harvest like conditions of used combine harvester, temperatures and aeration are discussed on their impact on mycotoxin formation.
Schrödter
Ronald
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Milupa Friedrichsdorf, D-61381 Friedrichsdorf, Bahnstrasse 14-30, Germany. ronald.schroedter@milupa.de
D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D002523:Edible Grain; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods; D005670:Fusarium / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D006813:Humidity; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D013696:Temperature; D014255:Trichothecenes / Q000378:metabolism*
D014255:Trichothecenes