Mycotoxigenic Fungi and Mycotoxins in Egyptian Barley under Climate Changes

Background: Barley was planted in more than hundred countries worldwide in 2013. The world output in 1974 was around 148 million tons, ever after, there has been a trivial come down in the produced amount of barley worldwide. Mycotoxins are one of the most important groups of anti-nutritional substances found in feed. Materials and Methods: Thirty barley feeding samples and 12 of Human Consuming (HC) samples were collected from 6 regions, each region was represented by a withdrawal of five representative samples directly after harvesting from the major storage locations within governorates under study. Results: Total Fungal Count (TFC) ratios varied from 31-83% on 2014 to 54-92% on 2015 in feed sample. Aspergillus sp. was the dominant fungus in 2 years of study for feed and HC.