title: Contamination of malt barley and wheat by Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum from the crop years 2001-2003 in eastern Croatia.
abstract: This study investigated infection levels with Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum in malt barley and wheat in eastern Croatia. The contamination was surveyed over three consecutive crop years (2001-2003) on five locations for barley and three wheat cultivating locations. F. graminearum loads reached levels of potentially serious threat for the commercial production of malting raw materials in both cereals (up to 29.1%). On the other hand, the mean percentage of kernels infected with F. culmorum was low to medium (up to 6.1%). The fungal invasions for years and locations were affected by meteorologic and other environmental factors and the pattern seemed to be consistent with species-specific optimal conditions reported by other authors.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Food Technology, pp 709, HR-31107 Osijek, Croatia.
authors.forename: Vinko
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krstanović
authors.forename: Tomislav
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klapec
authors.forename: Natalija
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Velić
authors.forename: Zlata
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Milaković
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005670:Fusarium / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001467:Hordeum / Q000382:microbiology*; D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D012639:Seeds / Q000382:microbiology; D014908:Triticum / Q000382:microbiology*