Inhibition of Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Different Vegetable Matrices by Extracts of Trichoderma Species
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemical Materials
2.2. Fungal Strains and Culture Conditions
2.3. Liquid Culture, Production and Extraction of Metabolites
2.4. Inoculum Preparation
2.5. Study of the Extracted Metabolites in Different Matrices
2.5.1. Tomato Fruits
2.5.2. Wheat and Maize
2.6. Viable Microbial Counting
2.7. Mycotoxin Analysis
2.8. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Tomato Fruits Bio-Preservation
3.2. Bio-Preservation of Wheat
3.3. Bio-Preservation of Maize
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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* Extract (mg/mL or mg/g) | ||||||
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TE1 | TE2 | |||||
Strain | MFC | MFCx2 | MFCx4 | MFC | MFCx2 | MFCx4 |
Fusarium verticillioides | 0.78 | 1.56 | 3.12 | 1.56 | 3.12 | 6.25 |
Fusarium graminearum | 0.78 | 1.56 | 3.12 | 1.56 | 3.12 | 6.25 |
Penicillium verrucosum | 0.78 | 1.56 | 3.12 | 1.56 | 3.12 | 6.25 |
Aspergillus flavus | 0.78 | 1.56 | 3.12 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 25 |
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Stracquadanio, C.; Luz, C.; La Spada, F.; Meca, G.; Cacciola, S.O. Inhibition of Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Different Vegetable Matrices by Extracts of Trichoderma Species. J. Fungi 2021, 7, 445. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7060445
Stracquadanio C, Luz C, La Spada F, Meca G, Cacciola SO. Inhibition of Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Different Vegetable Matrices by Extracts of Trichoderma Species. Journal of Fungi. 2021; 7(6):445. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7060445
Chicago/Turabian StyleStracquadanio, Claudia, Carlos Luz, Federico La Spada, Giuseppe Meca, and Santa Olga Cacciola. 2021. "Inhibition of Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Different Vegetable Matrices by Extracts of Trichoderma Species" Journal of Fungi 7, no. 6: 445. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7060445