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Occurrence of beauvericin in Croatia corn survey from 1996 to 1997.

The occurrence of beauvericin has been investigated in corn samples collected in 1996 (105 samples) and 1997 (104 samples) from 14 corn producing counties of Croatia. A significant difference (P<0.01) was found between the 1996 and 1997 crop years. Beauvericin was found by using high performance liquid chromatography in 18 samples (17.4%) of the 1996 crop and 1 sample (0.96%) of the 1997 crop with mean concentrations of positive samples of 401.5 ng/g and 696 ng/g, and highest concentrations at 1864 ng/g and 696 ng/g, respectively. The results of beauvericin analysis were in agreement with the mycological analysis showing higher incidence of Fusarium moniliforme (3,7%) and F.subglutinans (5,4%) in 1996 with respect to 1997 showing F. moniliforme (1,9%) and F. subglutinans (0,4%). This is the first time beauvericin has been researched and detected in Croatia.

Beauvericin; corn; Fusarium moniliforme; F. subglutinans

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