Akshatha, Venugopalan and Giridhar, P. (2012) Mycoflora associated with seeds of Bixa orellana L. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 6 (9). pp. 2091-2094.
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Abstract
Commercially important natural food grade annatto dye is obtained from seeds of tropical plant Bixa
orellana. Fungal contaminations of seeds adversely affect the quality of seeds. We have investigated
seed mycoflora of annatto seeds obtained from standing crop of B. orellana. Significant fungal
contamination was detected in analyzed seed samples. Fungi most frequently isolated and identified
were Aspergillus sp., Alternaria sp., Penicillium sp., Cladosporium sp., Fusarium sp., Rhizopus sp.,
Stachybotrys atra, and Syncephalastrum racemosum. This is the first report of mycoflora of annatto
seeds. This study will provide knowledge of fungiincidence on annatto seeds and in future to find
suitable remedy to avert the storage loss by fungi.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Annatto, Bixa orellana L., mycoflora, incidence, mycotoxins |
| Subjects: | 500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 10 Plants 500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 07 Life Sciences > 04 Microbiology > 04 Fungi |
| Depositing User: | Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2013 06:58 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2013 06:58 |
| URI: | http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/11131 |
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