Rainy spring brings "vomitoxin" to grain crops
By Frank Roylance Baltimore Sun “Maryland Weather” blog
http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/2009/07/rainy_spring_may_cause_vomitox.html
Retrieved August 10, 2009
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The Maryland Department of Agriculture is warning farmers and grain elevator operators to check their wheat and barley crops for the presence of a fungus known as "vomitoxin" in their stored or unharvested grain. The troublesome pest does well when conditions are wet, as they were across much of the state this spring.
The fungus, more formally known as Fusarium head blight, or scab, produces a chemical called deoxynivalenol that renders the crop unmarketable, and unusable as feed. If animals eat enough of it, it causes excessive salivation, and irritated oral and gastrointenstinal tissues. The name alone suggests its symptoms.
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