title: Mycoflora and mycotoxins natural occurrence in corn from entre rios province, Argentina.
abstract: Corn samples were collected in 1999 from three departments of Entre Réos province, Argentina, and were surveyed for mould contamination and natural occurrence ofFusarium mycotoxins, ochratoxin A and aflatoxins.Fusarium verticillioides was the most prevalent fungal species recorded at all departments. Zearalenone, deoxynivalenol and ochratoxin A were not found in any samples. Only one of the 52 corn samples analysed was contaminated with aflatoxin B1 (17 μg/kg). Fumonisin B1 was found in 58 % of samples (range of positive samples: 47- 3,347 μg/kg), fumonisin B2 in 33.0 % (range of positive samples: 23-537 μg/kg) and fumonisin B3 in 25.0 % (range of positive samples: 24-287 μg/kg) of them. This is the first report on the natural occurrence of mycotoxins in corn from Entre Ríos province, Argentina. Levels of fumonisins were lower than detected in other Argentinian provinces.
authors.affiliation: Centra de Investigación en Micotoxinas, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Luján, Argentina.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Am
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: LE
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sl
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