Applied Mycology

The objective of Agrotecnio’s Applied Mycology Group is to minimise the negative impact of fungi and mycotoxins on human and animal nutrition. This objective is approached in a multidisciplinary manner and from a wide variety of perspectives.

1. Food processing and its impact on mycotoxins.
2. Predictive mycology
3. Application of near-infrared (NIR) hyperspectral image analysis for the detection of contaminated raw materials.
4. Efficacy studies of mycotoxin adsorbents for animal feed.
5. Exposure of different population groups to mycotoxins.

1. Isolation and characterisation of moulds present in food and feed.
2. Determination of mycotoxins and metabolites.
3. Fungal ecophysiology studies.
4. Antifungal efficacy studies.
5. Studies on the efficacy of mycotoxin adsorbents.
6. In vitro bioavailability studies.

Internationally recognised expertise in studies on the prevention of fungal growth based on abiotic factors and predictive mycology.