Stenberg, Bo
- Department of Soil Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
The fungal-specific lipid ergosterol correlates with fungal biomass and often also with the degree of mycotoxin contamination of cereals. We compared the ability of a near-infrared reflectance (NIR) instrument with a broad wavelength range (400-2500 nm) and a near-infrared transmittance (NIT) instrument with a narrower wavelength range (850-1050 nm) to predict the ergosterol content of naturally infected barley samples. The two instruments were equally good at predicting ergosterol content in Swedish samples (r(2) = 0.81 and 0.83 for NIT and NIR, respectively). The NIT instrument was then used for samples from three countries (Sweden, Ireland, UK). This model had about the same root mean-squared error (approximate to 5 mg of ergosterol/kg, db, of grain) as the dataset with only Swedish samples, although the r(2) value was lower (0.58). The investigation has shown that it is possible to predict ergosterol content in whole barley samples using NIR or NIT instrumentation, and acceptable models can be obtained using different barley cultivars and samples from different countries and harvest years. This should make it possible to routinely predict the fungal biomass at grain terminals
Published in
Cereal Chemistry
2007, volume: 84, number: 3, pages: 231-236
Publisher: AMER ASSOC CEREAL CHEMISTS
SLU Authors
Schnürer, Johan
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Food Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/CCHEM-84-3-0231
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/14640