TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of seasonal weather variation on mycotoxins: maize crop in 2014 in northern Italy as a case study
AU - Camardo Leggieri, Marco
AU - Lanubile, Alessandra
AU - Dall'Asta, C.
AU - Pietri, Amedeo
AU - Battilani, Paola
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The occurrence of mycotoxins differs greatly from year to year and this variation has been attributed to climate
variability. The aim of this study was to consider the variability of fungal infection and mycotoxin contamination on a
small geographic scale as a possible result of local weather conditions. The presence of Fusarium spp. and Aspergillus
spp. and their related mycotoxins was investigated in 51 maize fields grown in 2014 in the Emilia Romagna region,
in northern Italy; information regarding the cropping system was collected for all the fields. Samples collected at
harvest were analysed for fumonisins, aflatoxins and trichothecenes. Hourly meteorological data were collected
from nine stations and fields were clustered with the stations based on the shortest distance principle. Fusarium spp.
and Aspergillus spp. incidence varied between 17.6-46.0% and 0.6-6.3%, respectively. Fumonisins ranged between
1,718 and 106,054 μg/kg and aflatoxin B1 between
AB - The occurrence of mycotoxins differs greatly from year to year and this variation has been attributed to climate
variability. The aim of this study was to consider the variability of fungal infection and mycotoxin contamination on a
small geographic scale as a possible result of local weather conditions. The presence of Fusarium spp. and Aspergillus
spp. and their related mycotoxins was investigated in 51 maize fields grown in 2014 in the Emilia Romagna region,
in northern Italy; information regarding the cropping system was collected for all the fields. Samples collected at
harvest were analysed for fumonisins, aflatoxins and trichothecenes. Hourly meteorological data were collected
from nine stations and fields were clustered with the stations based on the shortest distance principle. Fusarium spp.
and Aspergillus spp. incidence varied between 17.6-46.0% and 0.6-6.3%, respectively. Fumonisins ranged between
1,718 and 106,054 μg/kg and aflatoxin B1 between
KW - aflatoxins, fumonisins, trichothecenes, aridity index, small scale climate
KW - aflatoxins, fumonisins, trichothecenes, aridity index, small scale climate
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/145902
U2 - 10.3920/WMJ2019.2475
DO - 10.3920/WMJ2019.2475
M3 - Article
SN - 1875-0710
VL - 13
SP - 25
EP - 36
JO - World Mycotoxin Journal
JF - World Mycotoxin Journal
ER -