project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group

Reducing mycotoxin content in maize in Catalonia
Reducción del contenido de micotoxinas en maiz en Catalunya

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Completed | 2015 - 2017 Spain
Completed | 2015 - 2017 Spain
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Objectives

The general objective of the present project is to reduce the content of mycotoxin produced by fungus of the Fusarium genus in maize cultivation in Catalonia (a major problem in the field) with the aim of achieving safer feed to improve livestock safety and well-being.
Agricultural practices and risk factors that influence the healthy status of crops, as regards this type of fungal infections, will be studied. In addition, strategies and methods of early detection of mycotoxins in maize will be developed to be easily implemented in different parts of the chain of production and distribution.

 

Objectives

El objetivo general del presente proyecto es reducir el contenido de micotoxinas producidas por hongos del género Fusarium en el cultivo del maíz en Cataluña (que presentan una mayor problemática en el campo) con el fin de conseguir piensos más seguros de cara a la salud y bienestar de los animales.
Se llevará a cabo, por una parte, el estudio de los factores de riesgo y de las prácticas agrícolas que favorezcan una mayor sanidad del cultivo en cuanto a este tipo de infecciones fúngicas y, por otro lado, el desarrollo de estrategias y métodos de detección precoz de micotoxinas en cultivos de maíz que se puedan implementar con facilidad en la cadena de producción y distribución de los cereales.

 

Activities

The project is divided in 7 main activities:
Activity 1. Elaboration of risk maps of catalan production areas.
Activity 2. Evaluation of the sensibility of maize varieties to micotoxyn.
Activity 3. Study of agricultural practices impact on mycotoxin content.
Activity 4. Early detection of mycotoxin (derived from fungus of the Fusarium genus) in the cultivation of maize.
Activity 5. Study of the influence of water stress on the final content of mycotoxin in the grain.
Activity 6. Determination of the content of mycotoxins in maize grain in the main catalans production areas, based on field analytical tests.
Activity 7. Transfer of the results to technicians and farmers of the sectors involved.

 

Activities

El proyecto se estructura en 7 actividades principales.
Actividad 1. Elaboración de mapas de riesgo en las zonas productoras.
Actividad 2. Evaluación de la sensibilidad de las variedades de maíz en micotoxinas.
Actividad 3. Estudio de la incidencia de las prácticas agrícolas en el contenido en micotoxinas.
Actividad 4. Detección precoz en maiz de micotoxinas derivadas de hongos del género Fusarium.
Actividad 5. Estudio de la influencia del estrés hídrico en el contenido final de micotoxinas del grano.
Actividad 6. Determinación del contenido en micotoxinas en la producción de grano de maíz en base a analíticas de campo.
Actividad 7. Transferencia de los resultados a técnicos y agricultores.

 

Context

Mycotoxins present in the production of cereal grain, particularly in maize, cause production losses, nutritional quality decrease, increase of production costs (material not suitable for food), in addition to an increase in the mortality of the animals fed and their susceptibility to other infectious disease (immunosuppression).
Being aware that the presence of mycotoxins in animal diets can determinate important losses in the production chain, this Operational Group raises the present project with the purpose of obtaining safe feed of the best possible nutritional quality by reducing the content of corn mycotoxins.

 

Project details
Main funding source
Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
Rural Development Programme
2014ES06RDRP009 Spain - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Cataluña
Location
Main geographical location
Girona
Other geographical location
Lleida

€ 268011.28

Total budget

Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.

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Contacts

Project coordinator

  • Francesc Xavier Solanes

    Project coordinator