Contamination of Wheat, Barley, and Maize Seeds with Toxigenic <i>Fusarium</i> Species and Their Mycotoxins in Tunisia

Abstract

This work is the first to report information on the occurrence of fumonisins, trichothecene, and ZEN, together with their potentially producing Fusarium species in wheat, barley, and maize in Tunisia. The high level of fumonisins in cereals, especially maize, stresses the importance of the control and the regularization of these mycotoxins for food safety.