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The Role of Plant Pathology in Food Safety and Food Security (Paperback, Previously published in hardcover)
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The Role of Plant Pathology in Food Safety and Food Security (Paperback, Previously published in hardcover)
Series: Plant Pathology in the 21st Century, 3
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This collection of papers represents some of those given at the
International Congress for Plant Pathology held in Turin in 2008 in
the session with the title "The Role of Plant Pathology in Food
Safety and Food Security". Although food safety in terms of "Is
this food safe to eat?" did not receive much direct attention it
is, never theless, an important topic. A crop may not be safe to
eat because of its inh- ent qualities. Cassava, for example, is
cyanogenic, and must be carefully prepared if toxicosis is to be
avoided. Other crops may be safe to eat providing they are not
infected or infested by microorganisms. Mycotoxins are notorious
examples of compounds which may contaminate a crop either pre- or
post-harvest owing to the growth of fungi. Two papers in this book
deal with toxins, one by Barbara Howlett and co-workers and the
other by Robert Proctor and co-workers. In the first of these, the
role of sirodesmin PL, a compound produced by Leptosphaeria ma-
lans, causal agent of blackleg disease of oilseed rape (Brassica
napus), is discussed. The authors conclude that the toxin plays a
role in virulence of the fungus and may also be beneficial in
protecting the pathogen from other competing micro-organisms but
there seem to be no reports of its mammalian toxicity.
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