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This book provides detailed data and information about the cereals and cereal products that are affected by mycotoxins, and gives a basic overview of mycotoxins in these foodstuffs. Mycotoxin contamination of food occurs as a result of crop invasion by field fungi such as Fusarium spp. and Alternaria spp., or storage fungi such as Aspergillus spp. and Penicillium spp., which can grow on/in stored commodities and are able to produce mycotoxins. In the worst case, these fungi produce secondary metabolites called mycotoxins, which can be very harmful to humans and animals when, for example, they are consumed through food due to their various negative effects on several organs in both humans and animals. Mycotoxins in Plants and Plant Products: Cereals and Cereal Products lists the predisposition of a foodstuff for mycotoxin contamination, as well as the degree of contamination, concentration, and country of detection/origin for each case of mycotoxin contamination of this kind of foodstuff. It includes both alphabetical and numerical lists of literature.

Chemistry. --- Food --- Food Science. --- Biotechnology. --- Grain --- Mycotoxins. --- Diseases and pests. --- Fungal toxins --- Grain pests --- Fungal metabolites --- Microbial toxins --- Mycotoxicoses --- Toxigenic fungi --- Food science. --- Science --- Food—Biotechnology.

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Blast is an important foliar disease that infects the majority of cereal crops like rice, finger millet, pearl millet, foxtail millet and wheat, and thus results in a huge economic impact. The pathogen is responsible for causing epidemics in many crops and commonly shifts to new hosts. Magnaporthe spp. is the most prominent cause of blast disease on a broad host range of grasses including rice as well as other species of Poaceae family. To date, 137 members of Poaceae hosting this fungus have been described in fungal databases. This book provides information on all blast diseases of different cereal crops. The pathogen evolves quickly due to its high variability, and thus can quickly adapt to new cultivars and cause an epidemic in a given crop. Some of the topics covered here include historical perspectives, pathogen evolution, host range shift, cross-infectivity, and pathogen isolation, use of chemicals fungicides, genetics and genomics, and management of blast disease in different cereal crops with adoption of suitable methodologies. In the past two decades there have been significant developments in genomics and proteomics approaches and there has been substantial and rapid progress in the cloning and mapping of R genes for blast resistance, as well as in comparative genomics analysis for resolving delineation of Magnaporthe species that infect both cereals and grass species. Blast disease resistance follows a typical gene-for-gene hypothesis. Identification of new Avr genes and effector molecules from Magnaporthe spp. can be useful to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the fast evolution of different strains of this fungal genus. Advances in these areas may help to reduce the occurrence of blast disease by the identification of potential R genes for effective deployment. Additionally, this book highlights the importance of blast disease that infects different cereal hosts in the context of climate change, and genomics approaches that may potentially help in understanding and applying new concepts and technologies that can make real impact in sustainable management of blast disease in different cereal crops.

Grain --- Diseases and pests. --- Grain pests --- Cereals --- Plagues agrícoles --- Plagues --- Males herbes --- Fongs en l'agricultura --- Patologia vegetal --- Control integrat de plagues --- Gra --- Conreus extensius --- Productes agrícoles --- Arròs --- Blat --- Blat de moro --- Civada --- Ordi --- Revolució verda --- Sègol --- Cuina (Cereals) --- Fungi. --- Mycology. --- Microbiology. --- Plants --- Plant genetics. --- Agriculture. --- Plant biotechnology. --- Plant Evolution. --- Plant Genetics. --- Plant Development. --- Plant Biotechnology. --- Evolution. --- Development. --- Crop biotechnology --- Crops --- Agricultural biotechnology --- Development of plants --- Plant development --- Developmental biology --- Growth (Plants) --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Genetics --- Plant evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Fungal biology --- Fungology --- Fungus biology --- Botany --- Microbiology --- Fungi --- Fungal kingdom --- Fungus kingdom --- Funguses --- Mycobiota --- Mycota --- Cryptogams --- Mycology --- Biotechnology --- Ontogeny --- Phylogeny