title: Alternaria alternata prevalence in cereal grains and soybean seeds from Entre Ríos, Argentina.
abstract: A mycological survey was carried out at Entre Ríos province, Argentina, on sorghum grain, maize, rice, soybean seeds and on freshly harvested and stored wheat. The isolation frequencies and relative densities of species belonging to genera Alternaria, Aspergillus, Fusarium, Penicillium and other fungi were calculated. Alternaria alternata was the major fungal species isolated from sorghum, rice, soybean seeds and on freshly harvested wheat, and a low incidence of Fusarium species was observed on the same substrates. In maize the major fungal species isolated was Fusarium verticillioides. The high incidence levels of A. alternata observed,suggest that it may be necessary to determine, among other mycotoxins, if Alternaria toxins occur in these commodities.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Industrias, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Leticia Elvira
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Broggi
authors.forename: Héctor Horacio Lucas
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Silvia Liliana
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Resnik
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pacin
mesh_terms: D000528:Alternaria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001118:Argentina; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000382:microbiology*; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005519:Food Preservation; D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012275:Oryza / Q000382:microbiology; D012494:Sampling Studies; D045868:Sorghum / Q000382:microbiology; D013025:Glycine max / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014908:Triticum / Q000382:microbiology; D003313:Zea mays / Q000382:microbiology