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Decline in deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin) concentrations in 1983 ontario winter wheat before harvest
P M Scott1, K Nelson, S R Kanhere
1Food Research Division, Health Protection Branch, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2; Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 ; Food Statistics and Operational Planning Division, Health Protection Branch, Health and Welfare Canada, Vanier, Ontario K1A 1B8 ; Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OC6 ; and Agriculture Canada Research Station, Harrow, Ontario N0R 1G0, Canada.
Abstract:
Samples of winter wheat were collected in 1983 from five fields in southwestern Ontario that were naturally infected with head blight. The geometric mean concentration of deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin) in the grain declined significantly from 1.56 mug/g on 7 July to 0.21 mug/g on 14 July and 0.11 mug/g on 18 July and did not increase at harvest (20 through 27 July).
