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Links to Fusarium Head Blight

• MYCOTOXICOLOGY NEWSLETTER Mycotoxicology Newsletter
• APS NET - Plant Pathology on line - Fusarium Head Bligth APS Net
• Scab USA, lots of information on Fusarium Head Bligth Scab USA
• European Mycotoxin Awareness Network EMAN
• British Crop Protection Council BCPC
• AgraNet Conferences & Exhibitions Agranet
• Grain Genes Calendar of Events USDA
• Leatherhead Food Research Association LFRA
• HACCP en voedselveiligheid HACCP
• Management Forum MF
• Fusarium Research at
• North Dakota State University NDSU
• South DakotaUniversity SDU
• Kansas State University KSU
• University of Minnesota UM
• University of Nebraska UN
• University of Ohio UO
• Purdue University PU
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute VPI
• Government of Alberta, Canada GACa

Links on Regulations for Mycotoxins by the European Union

• European Commission, Scientific Committee on Food, Opinion on Fusarium toxins, part 1: Deoxynivalenol (DON). Recommendation for a temporary tolerable daily intake (tTDI) for DON. Date 02-12-1999.
• European Commission, Scientific Committee on Food, Opinion on Fusarium toxins, part 2: Zearalenone (ZEA). Recommendation for a temporary tolerable daily intake (tTDI) for ZEA. Date 22-06-2000.
• European Commission, Scientific Committee on Food, Opinion on Fusarium toxins, part 3: Fumonisin B1 (FB1). Recommendation for a temporary tolerable daily intake (tTDI) for FB1. Date 17-10-2000.
• European Commission, Scientific Committee on Food, Opinion on Fusarium toxins, part 4: Nivalenol (NIV). Recommendation for a temporary tolerable daily intake (tTDI) for NIV. Date 19-10-2000.
• European Commission, Scientific Committee on Food, Opinion on Fusarium toxins, part 5: HT-2 toxin and T-2 toxin . Recommendation for a temporary tolerable daily intake. Date 30-05-2001.

Printed information about Fusarium Head Blight

The Dutch Board for Arable and Forage Crops (GZP, Den Haag, the Netherlands), and the Research Institute for Arable and Vegetable Crops (PAV, Lelystad, the Netherlands) produced an interesting leaflet (in Dutch) on Fusarium Head Blight in cereals. This leaflet was sent as attachment to OOGST-PLUS Akkerbouw April 28, 2000. To obtain a copy, please contact D.Hartkamp (GZP) by email a.d.hartkamp@hpa.agro.nl

Other projects linked to this Concerted Action

• A shared cost project of Plant Research International and John Innes Centre with Chinese partners to improve plant resistance and to obtain more insight in the plant-pathogen interaction in wheat is being supported by EU-INCO (1999-2001). This proposal is limited to the crop production phase, and also does not involve maize and fumonisins.
• A COST-project (Action 835) "Agricultural important toxigenic fungi" has started with the Institute of Toxins and Mycotoxins from Plant Pathogens (ITEM-CNR) as coordinator. The action includes toxigenic Fusarium but is much wider, and will concentrate mainly on the ecology of the fungi.
• Under the SMT-Programme a project 'Intercomparison of Trichothecene Analysis and Feasibility to Produce Certified Reference Material and Calibrants' started in 1997 with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences as coordinator and also involving the Institute for Agrobiotechnology (IFA), Institute of Toxins and Mycotoxins from Plant Pathogens (ITEM-CNR) and Danish Veterinary and Food Administration. The project is limited to intercomparison determination of the trichothecenes nivalenol, DON, T-2 and HT-2 toxins in cereals and also to study the possibilities to produce Certified reference materials and calibrants. Integration with this Concerted Action will benefit both projects.
• Under the SMT programme a research project 'Determination of fumonisins at levels of interest for future EU legislation' has been recently awarded (SMT4-CT97-2193), involving the Central Science Laboratory, Institute of Toxins and Mycotoxins from Plant Pathogens (ITEM-CNR) and TNO Nutrition and Food Research (coordinator). This SMT project aims at the validation of an analytical method to determine the content of fumonisin B₁ (FB₁) and fumonisin B₂ (FB₂) in maize-based foods with good recovery, repeatability and reproducibility at levels of fumonisins consistent with future EU legislation.