Impact of indigenous storage systems and insect infestation on the contamination of maize with fumonisin

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut National des Recherches Agricoles du Béninen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationMedical Research Council, South Africaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Pretoriaen_US
cg.contributor.donorDanish International Development Agencyen_US
cg.coverage.countryBeninen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BJen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.issn1684-5315en_US
cg.issue7en_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.iitaMAIZEen_US
cg.subject.iitaHANDLING, TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSen_US
cg.subject.iitaPLANT BREEDINGen_US
cg.volume5en_US
dc.contributor.authorFandohan, P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGnonlonfin, G.J.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHell, K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMarasas, W.F.O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWingfield, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-23T06:48:49Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-03-23T06:48:49Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/91812en_US
dc.titleImpact of indigenous storage systems and insect infestation on the contamination of maize with fumonisinen_US
dcterms.abstractFour storage systems of maize commonly used by farmers in Benin, West Africa, were tested to determine their impact on infection of maize by Fusarium and subsequent contamination with fumonisins. The study showed that Fusarium incidence was significantly higher when maize was stored on a cemented floor in a house, a non ventilated facility (40.3 ± 17.4%), than in the other tested systems (p < 0.05). The lowest Fusarium incidence was recorded when maize was stored in a bamboo granary that is a ventilated facility (25.5 ± 13.5%) (p < 0.05). All maize samples from the tested storage systems were found to be fumonisin positive, with levels ranging from 0.6 to 2.4 mg/kg. Fumonisin level, overall, was found to decrease over the storage period, but not significantly in all the tested storage systems. Damage by lepidopterous pests was significantly and positively correlated with both infection of maize with Fusarium and contamination by fumonisin. In contrary, damage by coleopterous insects was significantly and negatively correlated with infection of maize with Fusarium and contamination by fumonisin. Avoiding the use of non-ventilated systems to store maize and reducing insect infestation in field and during storage are very important recommendations for farmers.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFandohan, P., Gnonlonfin, B., Hell, K., Marasas, W. & Wingfield, M. (2006). Impact of indigenous storage systems and insect infestation on the contamination of maize with fumonisins. African Journal of Biotechnology, 5(7), 546-552.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 546-552en_US
dcterms.issued2006en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.subjectmaizeen_US
dcterms.subjectstorage systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectfusariumen_US
dcterms.subjectfumonisinsen_US
dcterms.subjectinsect infestationen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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