Cereal grains and nuts are represented as the economic backbone of many developed and
developing countries. Kernels of cereal grains and nuts are prone to mold infection under …

Infection of cereal grains by fungi is a serious problem worldwide. Depending on the
environmental conditions, cereal grains may be colonised by different species of fungi …

Intense structuring of plant breeding populations challenges the design of the training set
(TS) in genomic selection (GS). An important open question is how the TS should be …

Fusarium ear rot (FER) incited by Fusarium verticillioides is a major disease of maize that
reduces grain quality globally. Host resistance is the most suitable strategy for managing the …

High-density genotyping is extensively exploited in genome-wide association mapping
studies and genomic selection in maize. By contrast, linkage mapping studies were until …

Consumption of mycotoxin-contaminated agricultural and food products has caused adverse
human health effects for many centuries. Although mycotoxin contamination of agricultural …

Fourier-transform-near infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy has been used to develop
quantitative and classification models for the prediction of deoxynivalenol (DON) levels in …

In the last decade, near-infrared (NIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy have proven to
be most promising tools for the detection of fungal contamination and estimation of …

Fusarium ear rot (FER) is a common disease of maize that can seriously affect the yield and
quality of maize. Resistance to FER is highly quantitative, largely under polygenic control …

Cereals hold unique position in world agriculture as a source of food, feed and diverse
products of industrial importance. For several million farmers and consumers in countries …