Emerging health threat and cost of Fusarium mycotoxins in European wheat
Louise E. Johns, Daniel P. Bebber, Sarah J. Gurr, Neil Brown
Abstract
Mycotoxins harm human and livestock health, while damaging economies. Here we reveal the changing threat of Fusarium head blight (FHB) mycotoxins in European wheat, using data from the European Food Safety Agency and agribusiness (BIOMIN, World Mycotoxin Survey) for ten years (2010-2019). We show persistent, high, single- and multi-mycotoxin contamination alongside changing temporal-geographical distributions, indicative of altering FHB disease pressure and pathogen populations, highlighting the potential synergistic negative health consequences and economic cost.
Topics & Concepts
MycotoxinFusariumFood safetyHarmLivestockAnimal healthAgency (philosophy)Human healthAgribusinessBusinessBiologyBiotechnologyGeographyEnvironmental healthAgricultureMedicinePolitical scienceEcologyFood scienceAnimal scienceHorticultureLawPhilosophyEpistemologyMycotoxins in Agriculture and FoodWheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyPlant and fungal interactions