Investigations on Fusarium spp. and their mycotoxins causing Fusarium ear rot of maize in Kosovo.
After wheat, maize (Zea mays L.) is the second most important cereal crop in Kosovo and a major component of animal feed. The purpose of this study was to analyse the incidence and identity of the Fusarium species isolated from naturally infected maize kernels in Kosovo in 2009 and 2010, as well as the mycotoxin contamination. The disease incidence of Fusarium ear rot (from 0.7% to 40% diseased ears) on maize in Kosovo is high. The most frequently Fusarium spp. identified on maize kernels were Fusarium subglutinans, F. verticillioides/F. proliferatum and F. graminearum. Maize kernel samples were analysed by LC-MS/MS and found to be contaminated with deoxynivalenol (DON), DON-3-glucoside, 3-acetyl-DON, 15-acetyl-DON, zearalenone, zearalenone-14-sulphate, moniliformin, fumonisin B1 and fumonisin B2. This is the first report on the incidence and identification of Fusarium species isolated from naturally infected maize as well as the mycotoxin contamination in Kosovo.
a Department for Agrobiotechnology (IFA-Tulln), Institute for Biotechnology in Plant Production , University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna (BOKU) , Tulln , Austria.
Vitore
V
Shala-Mayrhofer
Elisabeth
E
Varga
Robert
R
Marjakaj
Franz
F
Berthiller
Agim
A
Musolli
Defrime
D
Berisha
Bakir
B
Kelmendi
Marc
M
Lemmens
D005504:Food Analysis; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis; D005670:Fusarium / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D063826:Kosovo; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D003313:Zea mays / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology*
D009183:Mycotoxins
Fusarium species; cereals and grain; feed; maize; mycotoxins – Fusarium toxins