Title
Relationship between Mycotoxin Content in Winter Wheat Grain and Aspirated Dust Collected during Harvest and after Storage
Date Issued
26 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Schaafsma A.W.
University of Guelph
Publisher(s)
American Chemical Society
Abstract
A total of 323 paired grain and grain dust samples (particle size <1650 μm) were collected from combines at harvest (56%), on-farm bins (28%), and experimental minibins seeded with an ochratoxin A (OTA)/Penicillium verrucosum hot spots (15%) of which >98% were soft red winter wheat. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was used to detect 21 mycotoxins, including deoxynivalenol (DON) and its plant-conjugated form, deoxynivalenol 3-β-d-glucoside (DON 3-Glc). Except for DON 3-Glc, all mycotoxin concentrations found in grain dust were higher than in grain (p < 0.0030). Pearson correlation coefficients and two-variable regression show a significant (p < 0.0001) linear relationship between the mycotoxin content in grain and that in grain dust with 19 toxins. In only five mycotoxins (DON, OTA, ochratoxin B, citrinin, and enniatin A1), more than 82% of the variation in the data is explained by the two-variable regression model. Because of its higher mean concentration and detection frequency, only DON produced a strong relationship (p < 0.0001, r2 = 0.949) with low root-mean-square error (RMSE) (293.41 ng/g). The results suggest that modeling levels in grain based upon levels in grain dust can be used to estimate DON in grain bulk.
Start page
1857
End page
1871
Volume
6
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Agricultura Agronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85099923139
Source
ACS Omega
ISSN of the container
24701343
Sponsor(s)
Field technical support by Todd Phibbs, Darrell Galbraith, Gurkanwal Arora, and Natun Dasgupta. Laboratory technical support by Bryn Tucker, Blake Morey, Stacie Dobson, Emma Langlois, Julia Lupton, and Hyerin Kim. Investment in this project was provided in part by the AgriInnovation Program of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. This research is part of project number AIP-P272 0639, cosponsored by Food and Consumer Products of Canada, Grain Farmers of Ontario, University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus, Pepsico Foods, Mondele̅z, Kellogg, Prairie Oat Growers, Nestlé/Gerber, Canadian National Millers Association and Western Grains Research Foundation.
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