Table 2.
Mean values (±standard deviations) for mycotoxins in fresh asparagus plant tissues collected at four time points through May–October 2013 in Central Poland (in ng/g)
| Plant no. | Plant part | Mycotoxins (ng/g) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FB1 | FB2 | FB3 | Enn B | Enn B1 | Enn A1 | Enn A | MON | BEA | ||
| May | ||||||||||
| 1 | Spear | 3.27 ± 0.41 | 0.34 ± 0.04 | 0.21 ± 0.03 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | Top | 9.33 ± 1.11 | 1.05 ± 0.13 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 10.45 ± 1.27 | 103.64 ± 9.53 |
| Base | 5.38 ± 0.47 | nd | nd | 20.16 ± 3.08 | nd | nd | nd | nd | 42.54 ± 3.74 | |
| Spear | 9.29 ± 0.85 | 1.08 ± 0.14 | 0.76 ± 0.08 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 3 | Top | 6.51 ± 0.72 | 0.38 ± 0.05 | nd | nd | nd | 43.49 ± 3.92 | nd | nd | nd |
| Base | 5.21 ± 0.49 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 47.57 ± 4.25 | |
| 4 | Spear | 2.25 ± 0.18 | 0.14 ± 0.02 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Top | 2.83 ± 0.33 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 15.96 ± 2.02 | nd |
| Base | 4.02 ± 0.35 | nd | nd | 40.33 ± 5.12 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | |
| 6 | Spear | 19.52 ± 2.02 | 0.98 ± 0.12 | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Spear | 2.87 ± 0.37 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 24.77 ± 3.18 |
| June | ||||||||||
| 1 | Young spear | nd | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Crown | nd | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Green fruit | nd | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Spear | 3.20 ± 0.28 | 2.07 ± 0.25 | nd | nd | nd | 23.35 ± 2.05 | nd | nd | 34.56 ± 4.21 | |
| 2 | Young spear | 18.15 ± 2.01 | 0.17 ± 0.02 | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Crown | 14.82 ± 1.55 | 1.37 ± 0.15 | 0.96 ± 0.11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Spear | 1.34 ± 0.14 | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 3 | Young spear | 0.11 ± 0.02 | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Crown | nd | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Spear | nd | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 4 | Spear | 6.51 ± 0.81 | 0.46 ± 0.06 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| 5 | Spear | 2.62 ± 0.36 | nd | nd | 54.73 ± 4.87 | nd | nd | nd | nd | 21.31 ± 2.23 |
| 6 | Spear | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| 7 | Spear | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 23.22 ± 3.16 | nd | nd | 20.39 ± 1.84 |
| 9 | Spear | 4.14 ± 0.34 | 0.36 ± 0.04 | nd | nd | nd | 15.02 ± 2.05 | nd | nd | 23.64 ± 2.25 |
| Top | 7.23 ± 0.86 | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Base | 14.21 ± 1.77 | 0.84 ± 0.07 | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Top | 9.36 ± 1.15 | 0.71 ± 0.08 | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Base | 13.66 ± 1.40 | 1.02 ± 0.21 | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| July | ||||||||||
| 1 | Top | 0.79 ± 0.11 | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Base | nd | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 4 | Red fruit | 27.37 ± 3.02 | 0.98 ± 0.10 | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Spear | 5.00 ± 0.54 | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Top | 132.99 ± 15.83 | 6.74 ± 0.72 | 5.13 ± 0.55 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Base | 26.09 ± 2.92 | 2.11 ± 0.30 | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 9 | Top | nd | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Base | 0.21 ± 0.01 | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| October | ||||||||||
| 1 | Spear | 31.82 ± 3.66 | 2.15 ± 0.31 | nd | nd | nd | 47.29 ± 5.11 | nd | nd | 10.74 ± 0.98 |
| 2 | Spear | 5.55 ± 0.67 | nd | nd | nd | nd | 16.00 ± 2.07 | nd | nd | nd |
| 3 | Spear | 6.86 ± 0.75 | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Spear | 1.07 ± 0.25 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 27.13 ± 3.14 | 27.10 ± 3.15 |
| 5 | Spear | 1.11 ± 0.17 | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Spear | 13.50 ± 1.48 | 2.45 ± 0.19 | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Spear | nd | nd | nd | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Spear | 80.23 ± 8.11 | 8.14 ± 0.94 | 1.16 ± 0.13 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Spear | 12.79 ± 1.45 | 2.50 ± 0.41 | nd | nd | nd | nd | nd | 44.96 ± 4.32 | nd |
FB amounts have been re-calculated for the fresh weight amounts. Please refer to Table 2 for spear availability
nd below detection limit