Post-harvest contamination of maize by Fusarium verticillioides and fumonisins linked to traditional harvest and post-harvest practices: A case study of small-holder farms in Vietnam.


Journal

International journal of food microbiology
ISSN: 1879-3460
Titre abrégé: Int J Food Microbiol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8412849

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 Feb 2021
Historique:
received: 11 08 2020
revised: 01 12 2020
accepted: 04 12 2020
pubmed: 20 12 2020
medline: 11 3 2021
entrez: 19 12 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Together with conducive climatic factors, poor pre-harvest practices of ethnic small-holder farmers are a major cause of the contamination of maize by Fusarium verticillioides and fumonisins. The proliferation of this field pathogen and the accumulation of its mycotoxins in post-harvest maize caused by ethnic post-harvest practices of subsistence farms have received little attention. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the impact of traditional harvest and post-harvest practices on the proliferation of F. verticillioides and fumonisins contamination in post-harvest maize of two ethnic groups: Ede and Kinh from the central highlands of Vietnam. In parallel with analysis, a survey on harvest and post-harvest practices of these farmers was conducted from late December 2017 to early January 2019. As a result, four effective post-harvest practices at mitigating the contamination were defined: (1) removal of damaged cobs at harvest, (2) transport of maize home after harvest, (3) shelling maize away from fields, and (4) drying maize on cement yards. These practices were better implemented by Kinh households than Ede households reducing the post-harvest contamination of maize with F. verticillioides and fumonisin B

Identifiants

pubmed: 33340942
pii: S0168-1605(20)30516-X
doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.109022
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Fumonisins 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

109022

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Trang Minh Tran (TM)

Laboratory of Applied Mycology, Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Laboratory of Applied Mycology and Phenomics, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: MinhTrang.Tran@UGent.be.

Maarten Ameye (M)

Laboratory of Applied Mycology and Phenomics, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Maarten.Ameye@UGent.be.

Lien Thi-Kim Phan (LT)

Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Lien.phanthikim@UGent.be.

Frank Devlieghere (F)

Research Unit Food Microbiology and Food Preservation, Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Frank.devlieghere@UGent.be.

Sarah De Saeger (S)

Center of Excellence in Mycotoxicology and Public Health, Department of Bioanalysis, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Sarah.DeSaeger@UGent.be.

Mia Eeckhout (M)

Laboratory of Applied Mycology, Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Research Unit of Cereal and Feed Technology, Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Mia.Eeckhout@UGent.be.

Kris Audenaert (K)

Laboratory of Applied Mycology and Phenomics, Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Kris.Audenaert@UGent.be.

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