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. 2023 Aug 6;60:13–26. doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2023.08.001

Table 1.

The major pre-harvest managements of FUMs contamination.

Treatments Application Mechanisms of action Application status Reference
Agronomic practices Crop rotation and tillage Crops Inhibiting fungal growth and then FB1 production Already applied in field and partially successful [40]
Field conditions (Light, Temperature, aw, moisture) Corn, rice and wheat Regulating fungal growth and FUM expression Scientifically conceivable and can be applied in field [45], [46], [47]
Insecticides Maize Inhibiting fungal growth and then FUMs production Already applied in field but not recommended [39]
Plant breeding Bt maize hybrids Maize Less Fusarium infection and reduced fumonisin levels via reducing corn-borer damage Already applied in field and partially successful [20]
Conventional breeding Maize Higher genetic resistance to FUMs contamination Applied in the field and effective [49]
Molecular breeding Maize Increased resistance to fungi or FUMs Scientifically conceivable with limited application in field [34]
Genomic selection Maize Improving Fusarium ear rot resistance Scientifically conceivable with limited application in field [51]
Enriched flavonoids maize hybrid Maize Reduced appearance of Fusarium ear rot symptom and lower level of FUMs Demonstrated experimentally [52]
iological practices “Fusaclean” and “Biofox C” (non-pathogenic F. oxysporum) Vegetables Inhibiting fungal growth Already applied as seed coating [20]
“Epic” and “Kodiak” (B. subtilis) Cotton and legumes Inhibiting fungal growth Already applied as seed coating [20]
“Intercept” (Pseudomonas cepacia) Maize, vegetables and cotton Inhibiting fungal growth Already applied as seed coating [20]
“Mycostop” (Streptomyces griseoviridis) Ornamental and vegetables crops Inhibiting fungal growth Already applied as seed coating [20]
T-22G and T-22HB (Trichoderma harziatum) Grains, soya, cotton and vegetables Inhibiting fungal growth Already applied as seed coating [20]
“Biofungus” (Trichoderma spp) Citrus and pome fruit Inhibiting fungal growth Already applied as seed coating [20]
“Blue circle (Burkholderia cepacia) Vegetables Inhibiting fungal growth Already applied as seed coating [20]
“Deny” (B. cepacia) Grain crops Inhibiting fungal growth Already applied as seed coating [20]
“Cedomon” and “Cerall” (Pseudomonas chlororaphis) Wheat, rye and triticale Inhibiting fungal growth Already applied as seed coating [20]
Debaryomyces hansenii Maize grains Inhibiting growth and FB1 production Already applied as seed coating [60]
Afla-Guard® (non-aflatoxigenic A. flavus strain (NRRL21882)) Maize seed Reducing the frequency of F. verticillioides through competition for substrate or space, and consequently, fumonisin production Already applied as seed coating [58]
Biotechnology HIGS/SIGS Potential application in plant-derived food Biosynthesis inhibition (FUM cluster regulation) Scientifically conceivable and will be promising [65], [71]