Climate Change and Mycotoxins highlights the importance of the continuous study of climate change impacts on mycotoxigenic fungi and their toxins in food and feed crops. Changing climate conditions across every geographical zone greatly affect rainfall, temperature and concentration of greenhouse gases leading to loss in yield and quality of food crops. In outstanding contributions, the authors compile current evidence on the influence of climate change on mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in food crops pre- and postharvest and during storage of food and animal feed. The chemistry and biology of toxin production is revised and an outlook on control and prevention of the toxin''s impact on food and animal feed is given. The editors recommend this book to mycologists, mycotoxicologists, pathologists, epidemiologists, toxicologists, physicians, veterinarians, nutritionists, the food and feed industries, legislators, analytical chemists, microbiologists, or students of these fields.

• Unique compilation on the impact of climate change on mycotoxins based on observed trends over the last 10 years.

• Special focus on the implications for food and feed safety.

• Latest advances on prediction and prevention of mycotoxin threats to human and animal health.

About the Editors

Luis M. Botana
Is a full Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Santiago, from 2004-2012 director of the Department of Pharmacology and former Fogarty Fellow at the School of Medicine of the Johns Hopkins University. He has been director of the European Reference Laboratory for Marine Toxins from 2004 to 2009. He is author of 25 international patents, over 300 scientific papers and editor of 10 international books.

María J. Sainz
Is an associate Professor of Agriculture and Forage Production and Conservation at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She has been a visiting scientist at the Rothamsted Experimental Station and for ten years head of the department of Plant Production. Her research interests focus on fungal pathogen detection and diagnostics, mycorrhizal fungi in crop protection and production, and mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins on forage crops and animal feed.

Climate Change and Mycotoxins highlights the importance of the continuous study of climate change impacts on mycotoxigenic fungi and their toxins in food and feed crops. Changing climate conditions across every geographical zone greatly affect rainfall, temperature and concentration of greenhouse gases leading to loss in yield and quality of food crops. In outstanding contributions, the authors compile current evidence on the influence of climate change on mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in food crops pre- and postharvest and during storage of food and animal feed. The chemistry and biology of toxin production is revised and an outlook on control and prevention of the toxin's impact on food and animal feed is given. The editors recommend this book to mycologists, mycotoxicologists, pathologists, epidemiologists, toxicologists, physicians, veterinarians, nutritionists, the food and feed industries, legislators, analytical chemists, microbiologists, or students of these fields.

• Unique compilation on the impact of climate change on mycotoxins based on observed trends over the last 10 years.

• Special focus on the implications for food and feed safety.

• Latest advances on prediction and prevention of mycotoxin threats to human and animal health.

About the Editors

Luis M. Botana
Is a full Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Santiago, from 2004-2012 director of the Department of Pharmacology and former Fogarty Fellow at the School of Medicine of the Johns Hopkins University. He has been director of the European Reference Laboratory for Marine Toxins from 2004 to 2009. He is author of 25 international patents, over 300 scientific papers and editor of 10 international books.

María J. Sainz
Is an associate Professor of Agriculture and Forage Production and Conservation at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She has been a visiting scientist at the Rothamsted Experimental Station and for ten years head of the department of Plant Production. Her research interests focus on fungal pathogen detection and diagnostics, mycorrhizal fungi in crop protection and production, and mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins on forage crops and animal feed.

1. Changes in the yield and quality of food crops under a climate change scenario.
Fábio M. DaMatta. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil.

2. Climate change and plant diseases caused by mycotoxigenic fungi: impacts on food safety.
Sukumar Chakraborty. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Plant Industry, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia.

3. Interactions among plants, mycorrhizal and mycotoxigenic fungi.
José M Barea. Estación Experimental del Zaidín. CSIC. Granada, Spain.

4. Genetically engineered plants and mycotoxins: effects of global warming.
Gary P. Munkvold. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, 7301 NW 62nd Avenue, PO Box 85, Johnston, Iowa, USA.

5. Biodiversity of mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in pre-harvest and post-harvest conditions.
Antonio F. Logrieco. Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council, Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy.

6. Effects of environmental factors on pre-harvest and post-harvest mycotoxin contamination.
Naresh Magan. Applied Mycology Group, Cranfield Health, Cranfield University, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK.

7. Fumonisins in maize in relation to climate change.
Leif Sundheim. Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Høgskoleveien 7, 1432 Ås, Norway.

8. Trichothecene contamination in cereals and climate change.
Ine van der Fels-Klerx. RIKILT - Institute of Food Safety, Wageningen University and Research Centre, PO Box 230, NL-6700 AE Wageningen, The Netherlands.

9. Climate change and occurrence of zearelenone in food and animal feed.
Jose M Soriano. Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Av. Vicent Andre´s Estelle´s s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.

10. Ochratoxins in grapes and wine: expected trends in producing-regions as influenced by climate change.
Antonio F. Logrieco. Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council, Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy.

11. Climate change and aflatoxin contamination.
Peter J. Cotty. Agricultural Research Service, USDA, United States.

12. Worlwide mycotoxin distribution driven by effects of climate change on food and feed production systems.
Eva Binder. Romer Labs Diagnostic GmbH, Technopark 1, 3430 Tulln, Austria.

13. Modelling and prediction of mycotoxins.
Art W. Schaafsma. University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus, Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada N0P 2C0.

14. Control and prevention of mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxin production in the field and during post-harvest handling and storage.
Bulent Kabak. Department of Food Engineering, Agricultural Faculty, University of Cukurova, TR-01330 Adana, Turkey.

15. Will economic impacts of mycotoxins in animal feeds increase?
Felicia Wu. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 100 Technology Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.

16. Carry-over of mycotoxins in feeds to dairy milk.
Johanna Fink-Gremmels. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Division of Veterinary Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Toxicology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

17. Climate change and carry-over of mycotoxins in animal products: consequences for legislation.
Claus-Peter Czerny. Department of Animal Sciences, Division Microbiology and Animal Hygiene, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany.

18. Climate change, mycotoxins and animal health.
Lon W. Whitlow, Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.

19. Climate change, mycotoxins and human health.
Christopher P.Wild. International Agency for Research on Cancer, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France.

Climate Change and Mycotoxins highlights the importance of the continuous study of climate change impacts on mycotoxigenic fungi and their toxins in food and feed crops. Changing climate conditions across every geographical zone greatly affect rainfall, temperature and concentration of greenhouse gases leading to loss in yield and quality of food crops. In outstanding contributions, the authors compile current evidence on the influence of climate change on mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in food crops pre- and postharvest and during storage of food and animal feed. The chemistry and biology of toxin production is revised and an outlook on control and prevention of the toxin's impact on food and animal feed is given. The editors recommend this book to mycologists, mycotoxicologists, pathologists, epidemiologists, toxicologists, physicians, veterinarians, nutritionists, the food and feed industries, legislators, analytical chemists, microbiologists, or students of these fields.

• Unique compilation on the impact of climate change on mycotoxins based on observed trends over the last 10 years.

• Special focus on the implications for food and feed safety.

• Latest advances on prediction and prevention of mycotoxin threats to human and animal health.

About the Editors

Luis M. Botana
Is a full Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Santiago, from 2004-2012 director of the Department of Pharmacology and former Fogarty Fellow at the School of Medicine of the Johns Hopkins University. He has been director of the European Reference Laboratory for Marine Toxins from 2004 to 2009. He is author of 25 international patents, over 300 scientific papers and editor of 10 international books.

María J. Sainz
Is an associate Professor of Agriculture and Forage Production and Conservation at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She has been a visiting scientist at the Rothamsted Experimental Station and for ten years head of the department of Plant Production. Her research interests focus on fungal pathogen detection and diagnostics, mycorrhizal fungi in crop protection and production, and mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins on forage crops and animal feed.