Effects of different drying treatments on fungal population and ochratoxin A occurrence in sultana type grapes

Ocak, Ijlal/0000-0001-6976-5747; SEN, Levent/0000-0002-4979-7466WOS: 000384691400008PubMed: 27461091This study aimed to determine the changes in mould and ochratoxin A (OTA) occurrence in sultanas under three different conventional drying conditions. Five different vineyards were chosen, and the three different treatments were applied to these grapes while drying. At the end of the drying process, total mould and black aspergilli (BA) populations in the samples varied from 2.45 to 5.61 log colony-forming units (CFU)g(-1) and from 0 to 4.92 log CFUg(-1), respectively. Significant increases (p