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Provedor de dados: 	64	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Biological control of mycotoxin-producing molds	
Autores: 	Medeiros,Flávio Henrique Vasconcelos de; Martins,Samuel Julio; Zucchi,Tiago Domingues; Melo,Itamar Soares de; Batista,Luis Roberto; Machado,José da Cruz.	
Data: 	2012-10-01	
Ano: 	2012	
Palavras-chave: 	Biocontrol; Microbial antagonists; Postharvest decay; Food safety.	
Resumo: 	Mycotoxins are produced by the secondary metabolism of many fungi and can be found in almost 25% of the world's agricultural commodities. These compounds are toxic to humans, animals, and plants and therefore, efforts should be made to avoid mycotoxin contamination in food and feed. Besides, up to 25% of all harvested fruits and vegetables are lost due to storage molds and/or mycotoxin contamination and many methods have been applied to mitigate these issues, but most of them rely on the use of fungicides. Although chemicals are often the first defensive line against mycotoxigenic fungi, the indiscriminate use of fungicides are awakening the public perception due to their noxious effects on the environment and human/animal health. Thus, there is an increasing public pressure for a safer and eco-friendly alternative to control these organisms. In this background, biological control using microbial antagonists such as bacteria, fungi and yeasts have been shown to be a feasible substitute to reduce the use of chemical compounds. Despite of the positive findings using the biocontrol agents only a few products have been registered and are commercially available to control mycotoxin-producing fungi. This review brings about the up-to-date biological control strategies to prevent or reduce harvested commodity damages caused by storage fungi and the contamination of food and feed by mycotoxins.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542012000500001	
Editor: 	Editora da Universidade Federal de Lavras	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1413-70542012000500001	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Ciência e Agrotecnologia  v.36 n.5 2012	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess