https://doi.org/10.4081/ija.2017.817

Behaviour of durum wheat cultivars towards deoxynivalenol content: A multi-year assay in Italy

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2018)
Submitted: 3 August 2016
Accepted: 1 July 2017
Published: 10 November 2017
Deoxynivalenol, durum wheat, Fusarium, generalised linear models, mycotoxin.
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  • Tiziana Amoriello Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, CREA Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Rome, Italy.
  • Andreina Belocchi Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, CREA Research Centre for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing, Rome, Italy.
  • Fabrizio Quaranta Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, CREA Research Centre for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing, Rome, Italy.
  • Cecilia Ripa Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, CREA Research Centre for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing, Rome, Italy.
  • Francesca Melini Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, CREA Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Rome, Italy.
  • Gabriella Aureli • gabriella.aureli@crea.gov.it Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, CREA Research Centre for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing, Rome, Italy.
The deoxynivalenol (DON) occurrence in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) kernels is a key food safety issue, hence more and more attempts have been made to increase the availability of resistant cultivars. Within this framework, this work focused on the analysis of the behaviour of several durum wheat cultivars widely grown in Italy in relation to the level of deoxynivalenol contamination in whole milled kernels. A total of 2844 samples were submitted for deoxynivalenol analysis by enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay. The statistical analysis by generalised linear models provided a trend ranking of durum wheat cultivars on the basis of the deoxynivalenol contamination level, depending on each cultivation area assayed. This study provided a better understanding of cultivar susceptibility to mycotoxin accumulation in grains. The role of the factor cultivar has clearly emerged. However, other environmental factors, such as growing area, have a great influence on the DON concentration levels in the cultivars tested.

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Amoriello, T., Belocchi, A., Quaranta, F., Ripa, C., Melini, F., & Aureli, G. (2017). Behaviour of durum wheat cultivars towards deoxynivalenol content: A multi-year assay in Italy. Italian Journal of Agronomy, 13(1), 12–20. https://doi.org/10.4081/ija.2017.817

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