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Production of zearalenone, T-2 toxin, and deoxynivalenol by Fusarium spp. isolated from plant materials grown in North Carolina

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Fusarium spp. isolated from plant materials grown in the hot, humid climate of North Carolina were tested for production of mycotoxins. Isolates of F. acuminatum, F. graminearum, F. moniliforme, F. oxysporum, and F. solani produced zearalenone while isolates of F. equiseti and F. graminearum produced T-2 toxin and deoxynivalenol, respectively. This is the first report of zearalenone production by F. solani. The toxins were identified by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. These findings suggest that there are toxigenic strains of Fusarium indigenous to the warmer regions of the USA and that fasariotoxicoses of animals in this region are not necessarily the result of importing toxic grains from the cooler, upper midwestern USA.

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  1. Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, 27695-7608, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Kurt E. Richardson & Winston M. Hagler Jr.

  2. Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, 27695-7608, Raleigh, NC, USA

    C. Lee Campbell & Pat B. Hamilton

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Paper No. 8953 of the Journal Series of North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, North Carolina. The use of trade names in this publication does not imply endorsement by the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service of the product named nor criticism of similar ones not mentioned.

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Richardson, K.E., Hagler, W.M., Lee Campbell, C. et al. Production of zearalenone, T-2 toxin, and deoxynivalenol by Fusarium spp. isolated from plant materials grown in North Carolina. Mycopathologia 90, 155–160 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436731

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