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.
Fumonisins
Fusarium verticillioides
Maize
Post-harvest practices
Small-holder farms
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
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
109022Informations de copyright
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