This document provides information about the MycoKey project, a European Union funded project focused on managing mycotoxins along various food and feed chains. The following key points are mentioned: - The MycoKey project has a total value of 6.4 million Euros and runs from 2016 to 2020 with 30 partners from Europe and China. - The project aims to develop strategies to monitor and prevent mycotoxins pre and post harvest along various commodity chains like maize, wheat and barley. - Work packages include monitoring toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins, prevention methods, intervention strategies, development of an ICT system for chain management and communication of results.

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Antonio F. Logrieco
MycoKey: a European project
for mycotoxin management along various
food and feed chains
General Info
 Grant Agreement n. 678781
Total value: 6,431 M Euro
European Commission funding: 5M Euro
China MOST Funding : about 540 K Euro
Starting date: April 1, 2016
Final date: March 31, 2020
 Horizon 2020 programme, Societal challenge 2 "Food security, sustainable agriculture
and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
challenge" - topic “ Biological contamination of crops and the food chain”.

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3 Small Medium Enterprises
23 Scientific Partners
5 Industrial Partners
1 Producers Association
EU-CHINA
research
cooperation
Partners
Europe (19)
China (11)
Nigeria (1)
Argentina (1)
Canada
as Third Part
ICT SOLUTION for CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation
PRE-HARVEST POST-HARVEST
StorageField Animal farm/Industry Consumers
TRANSPORT PROCESSING TRANSPORT
STORAGE
CONSUMPTION
Mycotoxin
risk Ass.
Mycotoxin
risk Ass.
Mycotoxin
risk Ass.
Retailers
STORAGE
Mycotoxin
risk Ass.

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FIELD DISTRIBUTIONSTORAGE PROCESSING CONSUMPTION
WP8-Communication,
Dissemination&Exploitation
PRE-HARVEST POST-HARVEST
The project along the food chain
WP2 - Toxigenic fungi monitoring
WP6 - Remediation
WP4 - Prevention
WP7 - ICT-Solution for chain management
WP3 - Mycotoxin monitoring
WP5 - Intervention strategies
WP1
GLOBAL
MYCOTOXIN
KNOWLEDGE
WP2
TOXIGENIC
FUNGI
MONITORING
MYCOTOXIN
MONITORING
WP6
REMEDIATION
WP7
ICT SOLUTIONS
AND CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
WP8
COMMUNICATION
DISSEMINATION&
EXPLOITATION
WP9
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
WP10
ETHICS
REQUIREMENTS
Thanks to MycoKey WP leaders
WP5
INTERVENTION
STRATEGIES
WP4
PREVENTION IN
THE FIELD

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International experts cooperate to
harmonize global knowledge and
involve stakeholders on GAP, GMP
and GSP:
Working Groups:
WG1 on Maize; WG2 Wheat& barley ;
WG3 Grape and WG 4 Nuts/dried fruits
Round Tables:
RT1. Biodiversity, genomics
RT2. Advanced detection methods
RT3. Predictive modelling
RT4 Emerging & modified
mycotoxins, toxicity and regulation
Global mycotoxins knowledgeGlobal mycotoxins knowledge
Nominal Group 1 (NG1 – “Lakes”) Nominal Group 2 (NG2 – “Rivers”)
Emerson Del Ponte (Moderator) Sofia Chulze (Moderator)
Florence Forget (Rapporteur) Hao Zhang (Rapporteur)
Antonio Moretti Kris Audenaert
Mark Sumarah Tom Graefenhan
Zang Xu Chen Huaigu
Liu Yang Akos Mesterhazy
Liao Yucai Pawan Singh
Theo van der Lee
Nominal group (NG) participants for small grains round table discussions
- coordinated by John Leslie, Paola Battilani and Antonio F. Logrieco

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NG1 NG 2
Response
x# yS # S
4 20 6 24 New resistant varieties
6 24 3 14 Integrated use of fungicides at flowering
4 9 5 17 Forecasting system (prediction and management)
4 15 5 10 Crop rotation
3 5 2 5 Improve resistance breeding programs with new resistance sources
2 4 3 5
New bioactive compounds, including fungicides, resistance inducers and mycotoxin biosynthesis
inhibitors
3 9 1 2 Tillage
3 3 1 2 Biocontrol
1 3 1 3 Crop residue management
• - 2 7 IPM
1 2 • - Increased fertilizer application
1 1 • - Diversifyplanting dates
• - • - Decision Support System (DSS)
3 4 - - Additional training for farmers
- - 2 8 Registration for FHB resistance
- - 1 4 Fungicide spray technology
- - 1 2 Host GMO for resistance
- - 1 1 Physiology of the fungus
- - 1 1 Physiology of the host
- - • - Homogeneity of flowering
• - - - Intercropping/multi-cropping
- - • - Managing fungicide resistance
• - - - Pray for good weather
- - • - Reduce fungal inoculum size
Question no. 1: Identify measures that are effective for minimizing contamination by
deoxynivalenol and zearalenone in small grains (durum and soft wheat, barley and oats)
during crop growth (pre-harvest).
NG1 NG 2
Response
x# yS # S
3 15 4 18 Breeding, especially in barley and oats
5 17 2 4 Fungicide application
1 4 6 20 Basic studies of fungal biology/ecology
4 12 3 7 Crop rotation
2 4 5 8 Disease forecasting
3 9 3 7 Tillage
2 7 3 7 Remove debris
1 3 3 7 Shift planting dates
1 2 3 7 Planting site selection
• - 3 7 Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• - 1 4 New biologicalcontrol agents
- - 5 15 New fungicides
4 10 - - New/improved diagnostic methods
- - 2 10 Disease resistance
- - 2 6 Registration of FHB variety
- - 2 5 Fungal species distributionand population biology
- - 2 5 Toxin production
2 4 - - Inhibitors of toxin biosynthesis
- - 1 4 Plant physiology
1 2 - - Biocontrol of inoculum on crop residue
1 1 - - Increased farmer education/training
• - Insect control
• - Intercropping
Question no. 2: Identify measures that are effective for minimizing contamination by
T-2/HT-2 in small grains (durum and soft wheat, barley and oats) during crop growth (pre-
harvest). Highlight any specific actions for the different crops.

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NG1 NG 2
Response
x# yS # S
4 13 6 21 Fungicides
3
14 5 12 Frequency and amount of toxin produced
3 10 2 6 Tillage and management of crop residue
1 1 3 8 Increased knowledge of resistance
2
3 2 5 Integrated control measures and pest management
3 7 • - New biologicalcontrol agents, especiallyfor inoculum on residue
- - 6 17 Ecology and distribution of toxin-producing fungal species
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- 5 17 Decision support systems
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- 4 13 Impact of plant physiology
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- 4 11 Economicimportance
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- 3 10 Seed treatment(s)
3
8 - - Crop rotation
3 6 - - New/improved diagnostics
2 9 - - Breeding for resistance
2
7 - - Herbicides/weedcontrol
2 6 - - Mycotoxin inhibitors
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5 - - Additional farmer education/training
1
1 - - Intercropping
- - - Planting location
Question no. 3: Identify effective measures for minimizing contamination by
other toxins, e.g. Alternaria toxins, ergot alkaloids, in small grains
(durum/soft wheat, barley, oats) during crop growth (pre-harvest).
1st MycoKey technological workshop

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2nd MycoKey technological workshop
3rd MycoKey technological
workshop

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See you at
3° MycoKey 2020 Conference
Bari, Italy
10-12 Marzo, 2020
https://bari2020.mycokey.eu/
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Thanks for your
attention!
Antonio F. Logrieco
e-mail: antonio.logrieco@ispa.cnr.it