ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF PATULIN TOXIGENIC FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH DATE FRUITS IN IRAQ.
- Directorate of Agricultural Researches, Ministry of Science and Technology.
- Mustansiriyah university –College of Science, Department of Biology.
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Abstract
The results of Patulin detection in 6 samples of Date fruits collected from different locations of Iraq revealed that all tested samples were contaminated with PAT ,samples E , A and B showed the highest contamination levels which recorded (514.4, 367.6 and 264.9) µg/ml , while the samples D showed the lowest contamination level which recorded (84.4) µg/ml. The results also showed that Aspergillus spp. recorded the high percentage of occurrence 100% in A,C,D and E samples, while it was 31.25 and 63.64% in samples F and B respectively. Also the occurrence percentage of Penicillium spp. rated from 0.0 to 68.75% , sample (A,C,D and E) recorded the lowest percentage of occurrence 0.0% while sample (F) recorded the highest percentage 68.75% .
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M.sc. Mohammad Jaffar Khadom, Hadi M. Aboud, Shatha Ali Shafiq and M.sc. SamiJabbar Ismael. (2016); ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF PATULIN TOXIGENIC FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH DATE FRUITS IN IRAQ. , Int. J. of Adv. Res., 4 (10), 924-928, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/1878
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