The Aspergillus flavus Susceptibility of Hazelnut Varieties (Corylus avellana L.) in Laboratory Conditions

Subject Areas : Microbiology

Mahmoud  Houshyarfard ¹ (Department of Plant Protection, Guilan Research and Education Center of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Rasht, AREEO, Guilan, Iran)
Davood  Javadi ² (Hazelnut Research Station, Guilan Research and Education Center of Agriculture and Natural Resources, AREEO, Guilan, Iran)

Received: 2016-12-31 Accepted : 2018-11-21 Published : 2018-12-24

Keywords:

References:

Amiri MJ, Karami M, Sadeghi E (2013) Determination of AFB1 in Peanut, Almond, Walnut, and Hazelnut in Kermanshah Markets, Iran. International Journal of Agriculture and Crop Sciences. 6(17), 1199-1202.

AOAC (2000) Official methods of analysis, 17th edn.Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, Washington DC.

Baltaci C, Ilyasoglu H, Yuksel F (2011) Single-laboratory validation for the determination of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in food based on immunoaffinity column and liquid chromatography with post column derivatization and fluorescence detection. Food Analytical Methods. 6, 36-44.

Baltaci C, Ilyasoğlu H, Cavrar S (2012) Aflatoxin levels in raw and processed hazelnuts in Turkey. Food Additives and Contaminants. Part B. 5 (2), 83-86.

Bayman P, Baker JL, Mahoney NE 2002. Aspergillus on tree nuts: Incidence and associations. Mycopathology. 155, 161–169.

Burrow GB, Nesbitt TC, Dunlap J, Keller NP (1997) Seed lipoxygenase products modulate Aspergillusmycotoxin biosynthesis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Journal. 10, 380-387.

Campbell BC, Molyneux RJ, Schatzki TF (2003) Current research on reducing pre- and post-harvest aflatoxin contamination of US almond, pistachio, and walnut.Journal of Toxicology Toxin Reviews. 22, 225–266.

 Cristofori V (2006) Quality factors of hazelnuts. PhD thesis. Università degli Studidella Tuscia-Viterbo. [In Italian]

Cristofori V, Ferramondo S, Bertazza G, Bignami C (2008) Nut and kernel traits and chemical composition of hazelnut (Corylusavellana L.) cultivars. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 88, 1091-1098.

Doehlert DC, Wicklow DT, Gardner HW (1993) Evidence implicating the lipoxygenase pathway in providing resistance to soybeans against Aspergillus flavus. Phytopathology. 83, 473-1477.

Doyle M, Beuchat LY, Montville T (2001) Microbilogy of Foods-Fundamentals and Borders. ISBN: 978-84-200-0933-9. ACRIBIA.785 p.

Fabbri AA, Fanelli C, Panfili G, Passi S, Fasella P (1983) Lipoperoxidation and aflatoxin biosynthesis by Aspergillusparasiticus and A. flavus. Journal of General Microbiology. 129, 3447-3452.

FAOSTAT (2011) Food and agricultural commodities production. Food and Agriculture 612 Organization of United Nations, Rome, Italy. (http://faostat.fao.org/site/339/default.aspx,613 accessed 28 Dec. 2013).

Hedayati MT, Omran SM, Soleymani A, TaghizadehArmaki M (2016) Aflatoxins in Food Products in Iran: a Review of the Literature. Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology. e33235. doi: 10.5812/jjm.33235.

Hosein Ava S, Imani A, Makhnov A (2006) Investigation of percentage of dicogamy and selection of best pollinizer for commercial varieties of hazelnut. Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 37, 371-380.

Hossein Ava S, Pirkhezri M (2010) Evaluation of quantitative and quality characteristics in some hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) varieties in Karaj climatic conditions. Seed and Plant Production Journal. 26(3), 21 (Abst.).

Houshyarfard M, Rouhani H, Falahati-Rastegar M, Malekzadeh-Shafaroudi M, Mehdikhani-Moghaddam E, Probst C (2014) Characterization of Aspergillus section Flavi from pistachio soils in Iran. Journal of Plant Protection Research. 54(4), 354-362.

ICMF (International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods). 2001. Microorganisms in Foods. Their Significance and Methods of Enumeration, Blackwell Scientific Publications.

Joosten H, Goetz J, Pittet A, Schellenberg M, Bucheli P (2001) Production of ochratoxin A by Aspergillus carbonarius on coffee cherries. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 65, 39–44.

Kabirian HR, Afshari H, MohammadiMoghadam M, Hokmabadi H (2011) Evaluation of Pistachio Contamination to Aspergillus flavus in Semnan Province. Journal of Nuts. 2(3), 1-6.

Koksal Aİ, Artik N, Şimsek A, Gunes N (2006) Nutrient composition of hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) varieties cultivated in Turkey. Food Chemistry. 99, 509-515.

Kosalec I, Pepeljnjak S (2005) Mycotoxigenicity of clinical and environmental Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus isolates. Acta pharmaceutica. 55(4), 365-375.

Milhome MAL., Lima CG, De Lima LK, Lima FAF, Sousa DOB, Nascimento RF, 2014. Occurrence of aflatoxins in cashew nuts produced in northeastern Brazil. Food Control. 42, 34-37.

Moghaddam MM, Goltapeh EM, Hokmabadi H, Haghdel M, Mortazavi AA (2006) Evaluation of susceptibility of pistachio cultivars to aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin B1 production. Acta Horticulture. (ISHS) 726, 655-658.

 Moghadam MM,  Hokmabadi H (2010) Study on the effect of pistachio testa on the reduction of Aspergillus flavus growth and aflatoxin B1 production in kernels of different pistachio cultivars. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 4(9), 744-749.

Molyneux RJ, Mahoney N, Kim JH, Campbell BC (2007) Mycotoxins in edible tree nuts.Int. Journal of Food Microbiology. 119, 72–78.

Nakai VK, Rocha LO, Gonçalez E, Fonseca H, Ortega EMM, Corrêa B (2008) Distribution of fungi and aflatoxins in a stored nuts. Food Chemistry.106, 285-290.

Passi S, Nazzaro-Porro M, Fannelli C, Fabbri AA, Fasella P (1984) Role of lipoperoxidation in aflatoxin production. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 19, 186-190.

Pop LF, Pamfil D, Raica PA, Petricelle IV, Botu M, Vicol AC, Harta M, Sisea CR (2010) Evaluation of the genetic diversity of several Corylus avellana accessions from the Romanian national hazelnut collection. Natulae Rotanivae Horti Agrobotani Cluj-Napoca Journal. 38(2), 61-67.

Salimi S, Hosein Ava S (2012) Selecting hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) root stocks for different climatic conditions of Iran. Crop Breeding Journal. 2 (2), 139-144.

Silvia A, Santos A, Cavlheiro J, Ribeiro C, Santos F, Gonsalves B (2007) Fruit chemical composition of hazelnut cultivars grown in Portugal. Journal of Applied Horticulture. 9, 157-161.

Soleimani A, Abdollahi H, A. Ghamari Zare A (2011) Horticultural research and development in Iran: A Program review of Horticulture. 43(2), 173-180.