Fusarium Toxins in Chinese Wheat since the 1980s

• Published in: Toxins Vol. 11; no. 5; p. 248
• Main Authors: Qiu, Jianbo, Xu, Jianhong, Shi, Jianrong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 30.04.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Animal feed; Animals; Blight; China; Consumption; Contamination; Crop production; Disease; Epidemics; Esophageal cancer; Feeds; Flour; Food; Food contamination; Food contamination & poisoning; Food Contamination - prevention & control; Food poisoning; Food safety; Fungal diseases; Fusarium; Fusarium - genetics; Fusarium head blight; Fusarium species; Fusarium toxins; Humans; Intoxication; Metabolites; mycotoxicoses; Mycotoxicosis; Mycotoxins; Mycotoxins - analysis; Mycotoxins - toxicity; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plant Diseases - prevention & control; Product safety; Provinces; Raw materials; Review; toxin management; Toxins; Triticum - chemistry; Triticum - microbiology; Wheat; China; Henan China; toxin management; wheat; Fusarium species; China; Fusarium toxins; mycotoxicoses

Wheat Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium species, is a widespread and destructive fungal disease. In addition to the substantial yield and revenue losses, diseased grains are often contaminated with Fusarium mycotoxins, making them unsuitable for human consumption or use as animal feed....