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التاثيرات البيئية لذراع الثرثار على نهر دجلة قبل دخوله مدينة بغداد

Author name: علي عبد الزهرة زبون اللامي
Supervisor name: كاظم عبد الامير | انمار وهبي صبري
General topic: Biology
Specific topic: Environment
Degree: Doctorate
University: Mustansiriyah University - College Of Science
Language: Arabic
University location: Baghdad
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التحري عن الافلاتوكسين B1 في الذرة والحنطة والرز في بعض مخازن الحبوب في العراق == Detection of Aflatoxin B1 in maize (Zea mays), wheat (Triticum aestivum) and rice (Oryza sativa) collected from some silos in Iraq

Author name: اسماء عبد الحميد عبد المجيد
Supervisor name: حسن محمد بدير | عادل حسين طالب
General topic: Biology
Specific topic: Environment
Degree: Master
University: Mustansiriyah University - College Of Science
Language: English
University location: Baghdad
First pages:
Abstract: Aflatoxins are one of the dangerous mycotoxins, especially aflatoxin B1, causing of cancers disease to humans and animals, also lead to a large Perdition. This toxin is produced from Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus.The current study was conducted to investigate the environmental conditions in the local stores and their impact on pollution with aflatoxin B1, Three Models of economic crops which are corn, wheat and rice samples are collected from the Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Agriculture stores(silos) in the provinces of Baghdad and Wast for six consecutive months started from September 2014 until March 2015, in addition to collection of these crop from the local market to study the relationship between the storage and production of the toxin. Sixty type samples of the three grain crops were collected from the stores, twelve samples of corn and twenty four samples each of wheat and rice, total of samples and three replicates were one hundred eighty planted on the (PDA) medium. Sixty five isolates of A. flavus were obtained from all samples of grains; Preliminary tests for the detection of aflatoxin B1 productivity were done on these isolates, using coconut medium test, ammonia vapor test and Yellow pigment test. The results showed that thirty - six of the isolates were capable of producing aflatoxin B1 while twenty - nine were not produced of producing the toxin. Environmental conditions have affected the growth ratio of the A. flavus in each of the three crops, where corn crop recorded the highest rate of fungal contamination ratio in the six months, it was (80.5%), followed by wheat (32%), and finally by rice (18%). Quantitative and qualitative test for estimation of aflatoxin B1 using ELISA technique was done on grain samples that had positive indicators for the growth of A. flavus. The results showed that the concentration of aflatoxin B1 was at its peak in February compared with other months under study, reached to (46.2, 45.2, 40) ppb, respectively, in each of corn, wheat and rice, while the low concentrations of aflatoxin were recorded in September and October, attained to(19.5,2.2,1.8) ppb in each of corn, wheat and rice respectively. These results are attributed to the rise in humidity rates in February and low temperature off set by low humidity and high temperatures rates in September, which provides environmentally appropriate conditions for the fungus growth and production the toxins. The results also show that corn crop was more affected by the pollution compared with other crops, where the concentration of aflatoxin B1 was 46.2ppb in corn, while in rice crops was concentration of toxin reached to1.8 ppb