About the Book
Part I: Fungal Genera and Species of Major Significance and Their Associated Mycotoxins
1. Mycotoxins: An Underhand Food Problem
Antonio Moretti, Antonio F. Logrieco, and Antonia Susca
2. Alternaria Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins
Virginia Elena Fernández Pinto and Andrea Patriarca
3. Aspergillus Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins
Giancarlo Perrone and Antonia Gallo
4. Fusarium Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins
Gary P. Munkvold
5. Penicillium Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins
Giancarlo Perrone and Antonia Susca
Part II: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based Methods for Detection and Identification of Mycotoxigenic Fungi
6. Targeting Conserved Genes in Alternaria Species
Miguel Ángel Pavón, Inés María López-Calleja, Isabel González, Rosario Martín, and Teresa García
7. Targeting Conserved Genes in Aspergillus Species
Sándor Kocsubé and János Varga
8. Targeting Conserved Genes in Fusarium Species
Jéssica Gil-Serna, Belén Patiño, Miguel Jurado, Salvador Mirete, Covadonga Vázquez, and M. Teresa González-Jaén
9. Targeting Conserved Genes in Penicillium Species
Stephen W. Peterson
10. Targeting Aflatoxin Biosynthetic Genes
Ali Y. Srour, Ahmad M. Fakhoury, and Robert L. Brown
11. Targeting Trichothecene Biosynthetic Genes
Songhong Wei, Theo van der Lee, Els Verstappen, Marga van Gent, and Cees Waalwijk
12. Targeting Ochratoxin Biosynthetic Genes
Antonia Gallo and Giancarlo Perrone
13. Targeting Fumonisin Biosynthetic Genes
Robert H. Proctor and Martha M. Vaughan
14. Targeting Other Mycotoxin Biosynthetic Genes
María J. Andrade, Mar Rodríguez, Juan J. Córdoba, and Alicia Rodríguez
15. Evaluating Aflatoxin Gene Expression in Aspergillus Section Flavi
Paula Cristina Azevedo Rodrigues, Jessica Gil-Serna, and M. Teresa González-Jaén
16. Evaluating Fumonisin Gene Expression in Fusarium verticillioides
Valeria Scala, Ivan Visentin, and Francesca Cardinale
Part III: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based Methods for Multiplex Detection of Mycotoxigenic Fungi
17. Multiplex Detection of Aspergillus Species
Pedro Martínez-