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Wokorach G, Landschoot S, Audenaert K, et al. Genetic Characterization of Fungal Biodiversity in Storage Grains: Towards Enhancing Food Safety in Northern Uganda. Microorganisms. 2021;9(2)doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9020383.
Wokorach, G., Landschoot, S., Audenaert, K., Echodu, R., & Haesaert, G. (2021). Genetic Characterization of Fungal Biodiversity in Storage Grains: Towards Enhancing Food Safety in Northern Uganda. Microorganisms, 9(2), . https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020383
Wokorach, Godfrey, et al. "Genetic Characterization of Fungal Biodiversity in Storage Grains: Towards Enhancing Food Safety in Northern Uganda." Microorganisms vol. 9,2 (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020383
Wokorach G, Landschoot S, Audenaert K, Echodu R, Haesaert G. Genetic Characterization of Fungal Biodiversity in Storage Grains: Towards Enhancing Food Safety in Northern Uganda. Microorganisms. 2021 Feb 14;9(2). doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9020383. PMID: 33672825; PMCID: PMC7917641.
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Microorganisms. 2021 Feb 14;9(2). doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9020383.

Genetic Characterization of Fungal Biodiversity in Storage Grains: Towards Enhancing Food Safety in Northern Uganda.

Microorganisms

Godfrey Wokorach, Sofie Landschoot, Kris Audenaert, Richard Echodu, Geert Haesaert

Affiliations

  1. Department of Plants and Crops, Campus Schoonmeersen Building C, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
  2. Multifunctional Research Laboratory, Gulu University, P.O. Box 166, Gulu, Uganda.
  3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Gulu University, P.O. Box 166, Gulu, Uganda.

PMID: 33672825 PMCID: PMC7917641 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9020383

Abstract

Worldwide fungal contamination leads to both quantitative and qualitative grain losses during crop growth and/or storage. A greater proportion of grains contamination with toxins often occurs in sub-Saharan Africa, where control measures are limited. We determined fungal diversity and their toxin production ability in household grains meant for human consumption to highlight the risk of mycotoxin exposure among people from northern Uganda. The study underlines the high diversity of fungi that group into 15 genera; many of which are plant pathogens with toxigenic potential.

Keywords: Curvularia; Fusarium; Uganda; fumonisins

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