CHANGES IN HYGIENIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL WHEAT QUALITY CAUSED BY MOLD INFECTION

The consequences of field mouth attack, especially of Fusarium spp. bu t also Alternaria spp. are yield losses and a significant decrease in technological wheat quality that can go so far as to render its useles s for processing. The aim of this work was to highlight field moulds a s one of the causes of decreases in technological quality in Yugoslavi a in the last two years to experts and a scientific public. In some lo calities where harvest was investigated every year, a significant cont amination by these microorganisms was registered. Beside visual evalua tion that statement was confirmed by mycological and toxicological ana lyses as well. By comparing:he results of infected samples with those at the localities where there were no severe mould infections, a signi ficant decrease in total technological wheat quality was proved, which caused also the impossibility of bread production out of such kinds o f wheat.