Updated survey of Fusarium species and toxins in Finnish cereal grains

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 831-848

  Hietaniemi, Veli ^a   Rämö, Sari ^a   Yli Mattila, Tapani ^b   Jestoi, Marika ^c   Peltonen, Sari ^d   Kartio, Mirja ^c   Sieviläinen, Elina ^c   Koivisto, Tauno ^a   Parikka, Päivi ^a,e  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Horticulture   (Finland)

^e PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cereals; Fusarium DNA; Fusarium species; Fusarium toxins; monitoring; rainfall; relative humidity; weather conditions temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); METABOLITES; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; RAIN; SURVEYS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

CEREALS; DOMINANT SPECIES; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; FUSARIUM SPECIES; FUSARIUM TOXINS; SAFETY MONITORING; UPDATED INFORMATIONS;

FUNGI;

BEAUVERICIN; ENNIATIN; FUNGAL DNA; MONILIFORMIN; MYCOTOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALENONE; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; DEPSIPEPTIDE; ENNIATINS;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CEREAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FINLAND; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM AVENACEUM; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT; FUSARIUM LANGSETHIAE; FUSARIUM POAE; FUSARIUM SPOROTRICHIOIDES; NONHUMAN; OAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING WHEAT; WEATHER; WINTER WHEAT; AVENA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD GRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORDEUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SECALE; WHEAT;

AVENA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CYCLOBUTANES; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DNA, FUNGAL; EDIBLE GRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; FUSARIUM; HORDEUM; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOTOXINS; SECALE; TRICHOTHECENES; TRITICUM;

EID: 84962900077     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2016.1162112     Document Type: Article

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