Cereals Defense: A Global Perspective on Combating Mycotoxins
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Mycotoxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 77
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fungi; mycotoxins; nanoparticles; food safety
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Interests: analytical chemistry; LC-MS/MS; mycology; mycotoxins; biomarkers; exposure assessment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mycotoxin production in cereals is increasing due to various environmental stressors associated with climate change. The metabolic pathways responsible for mycotoxin biosynthesis are strongly negatively regulated by environmental factors such as temperature, precipitation, and CO2 concentration, which thus characterise mycotoxin production and the fungal community within the environment. To minimise the negative impact on health and food safety caused by environmental stressors of any kind, a continuous assessment of mycotoxin risk is required, especially in developing countries. Such processes can be evaluated at the molecular and genetic level, but with the same goal of creating mechanisms that can control and reduce the contamination of the environment with mycotoxins.
For this reason, this Special Issue on “Cereals Defense: A Global Perspective on Combating Mycotoxins” covers all important topics at the molecular and genetic level related to the occurrence of mycotoxins in cereals during the vicious cycle of mycotoxin contamination.
Dr. Tihomir Kovač
Dr. Bojan Šarkanj
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cereals
- mycotoxins
- climate change
- cereal resistance
- oxidative stress related to environmental factors
- food safety
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