Fusarium Fungi Pathogens, Identification, Adverse Effects, Disease Management, and Global Food Security: A Review of the Latest Research

TI Ekwomadu, M Mwanza - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fusarium pathogens are ubiquitous and mainly associated with diseases in plants. They are
the subject of great economic concern in agriculture due to crop losses to contamination of …

Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium verticillioides and Their Main Mycotoxins: Global Distribution and Scenarios of Interactions in Maize

X Chen, MF Abdallah, S Landschoot, K Audenaert… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
Maize is frequently contaminated with multiple mycotoxins, especially those produced by
Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium verticillioides. As mycotoxin contamination is a critical factor …

Antifungal activity determination for the peptides generated by Lactobacillus plantarum TE10 against Aspergillus flavus in maize seeds

BJ Muhialdin, HL Algboory, H Kadum, NK Mohammed… - Food Control, 2020 - Elsevier
Aspergillus flavus is a toxigenic fungus well known for the synthesis of aflatoxins that
contaminate crops and food products. Antifungal peptides generated by lactic acid bacteria …

[HTML][HTML] Development and validation of quantitative thin layer chromatographic technique for determination of total aflatoxins in poultry feed and food grains without …

B Salisu, SM Anua, WRW Ishak… - Journal of advanced …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: The purpose of this work is to develop and validate an appropriate solvent
solution and quantitative thin layer chromatography (TLC) method for determining the …

Preharvest maize fungal microbiome and mycotoxin contamination: Case of Zambia's different rainfall patterns

B Katati, P Schoenmakers, H Njapau… - Applied and …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The preharvest maize mycobiome may be crucial in defining the health of the crop in terms
of potential disease burden and mycotoxins. We investigated the preharvest maize …

Variation of Fusarium Free, Masked, and Emerging Mycotoxin Metabolites in Maize from Agriculture Regions of South Africa

TI Ekwomadu, TA Dada, N Nleya, R Gopane, M Sulyok… - Toxins, 2020 - mdpi.com
The presence of mycotoxins in cereal grain is a very important food safety issue with the
occurrence of masked mycotoxins extensively investigated in recent years. This study …

Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Aspergillus flavus Strains Producing or Not Aflatoxin B1

L Josselin, C De Clerck, M De Boevre, A Moretti… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aspergillus flavus is a phytopathogenic fungus able to produce aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a
carcinogenic mycotoxin that can contaminate several crops and food commodities. In A …

Analysis of selected mycotoxins in maize from north-west South Africa using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and other analytical techniques

TI Ekwomadu, TA Dada, SA Akinola, N Nleya… - Separations, 2021 - mdpi.com
Contamination of foods by mycotoxins is linked to various health and economic implications.
This study evaluated the incidence of mycotoxins in commercial and small-scale maize and …

Antifungal, anti-oxidant activity and cytotoxicity of South African medicinal plants against mycotoxigenic fungi

NI Mongalo, PM Dikhoba, SO Soyingbe, TJ Makhafola - Heliyon, 2018 - cell.com
Fungal strains belonging to genus Fusarium and Aspergillus are known to infect crops,
resulting in threatened food security and less agricultural crop yields. The aim of the current …

Seasonal diversity and occurrence of filamentous fungi in smallholder dairy cattle feeds and feedstuffs in South Africa

OA Adelusi, S Gbashi, JA Adebiyi, R Makhuvele… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study investigated 65 (35 in summer and 30 in winter) smallholder dairy cattle feeds
from Free State and Limpopo provinces in South Africa from 2018 to 2019 for fungal …