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The accumulation of mycotoxins in plants and plant products is one of the most important consequences of plant diseases, especially those caused by species of Fusarium, Aspergillus and Penicillium. It has been estimated that 25 per cent of world food crops, including many basic food crops, are affected by mycotoxins. The toxins are responsible for various toxicities in animals and humans, including carcinogenic and teratogenic effects, and digestive, blood and nerve disorders. There is thus an urgent need to understand the nature of the toxigenic fungi that are widespread on economically important plant products and the role of these toxic secondary metabolites in the development of disease, that is as virulence or pathogenicity factors, in order to minimize the accumulation of these products in a range of food products. This volume has gathered together specialist reports compiled through EU-COST Action 835: Agriculturally Important Toxigenic Fungi. The contents should be of interest to scientists involved in the occurrence and nature of mycotoxins, their importance in the development of disease and the molecular nature of plant-pathogen interactions. The information will also be useful to those responsible for determining the levels of mycotoxins in human and animal food and deciding upon regulatory limitations on the levels of mycotoxins in agricultural products.

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Author:   A. Logrieco ,  John A. Bailey ,  L. Corazza ,  B.M. Cooke
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Reprinted from EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY, 108:7, 2002
Weight:   0.548kg
ISBN:  

9781402008719

ISBN 10:   1402008716
Pages:   734
Publication Date:   31 October 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword; A.F. Logrieco, L. Corazza, A. Bottalico. Toxigenic Fusarium species and mycotoxins associated with maize ear rot in Europe; A. Logrieco, G. Mulè, A. Moretti, A. Bottalico. Toxigenic Fusarium species and mycotoxins associated with head blight in small-gram cereals in Europe; A. Bottalico, G. Perrone. Deoxynivalenol, nivalenol and monififormin in wheat saniples with head blight (scab) symptoms in Poland (1998-2000); M. Tomczak, H. Wisniewska, L. Stepien, M. Kostecki, J. Chelkowski, P. Go1inski. Ochratoxin A in cereals, foodstuffs and human plasma; A. Rizzo, M. Eskola, F. Atroshi. Ochratoxin A in grapes and wine; P. Battilani, A. Pietri. Ear rot susceptibility and mycotoxin contamination of maize hybrids inoculated with Fusarium species under field conditions; M. Pascale, A. Visconti, J. Chelkowski. Studies on the infection process of Fusarium culmorum in wheat spikes: Degradation of host cell wall components and localization of trichothecene toxins in infected tissue; Z. Kang, H. Buchenauer. Production of beauvericin by different races of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis, the Fusarium wilt agent of muskmelon; A. Moretti, A. Belisario, A. Tafuri, A. Ritieni, L. Corazza, A. Logrieco. Epidemiology of Fusarium infection and deoxynivalenol content in winter wheat in the Rhineland, Germany; B. Birzele, A. Meier, H. Hindorf, J. Krämer, H.-W. Dehne. Role of deoxynivalenol in aggressiveness of Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum and in resistance to Fusarium head blight; Á. Mesterházy. Relationship between growth and mycotoxin production by Fusarium species, biocides and environment; N. Magan, R. Hope, A. Colleate, E.S. Baxter. Genetic analysis of the role of trichothecene and fumonisinmycotoxins in the virulence of Fusarium; R.H. Proctor, A.E. Desjardins, S.P.McCormick, R.D. Plattner, N.J. Alexander, D.W. Brown. Saccharomyces cerevisae and Arabidopsis thaliana: Useful model systems for the identification of molecular mechanisms involved in resistance of plants to toxins; R. Mitterbauer, G. Adam. Mycotoxin genetics and gene clusters; G.S. Sidhu. Biosynthesis of depsipeptide mycotoxins in Fusarium; T. Hornbogen, M. Glinski, R. Zocher. Secretion of natural and synthetic toxic compounds from filamentous fungi by membrane transporters of the ATP-binding cassette and major facilitator superfamily; L. Stergiopoulos, L.-H. Zwiers, M.A. De Waard.

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