5-n-alkylresorcinols but not hydroxycinnamic acids are directly related to a lower accumulation of deoxynivalenol and its glucoside in Triticum spp. Genotypes with different ploidity levels

This study aimed to investigate the possible correlation between 5-n-alkylresorcinols and hydroxycinnamic acids on mycotoxin accumulation in grains under field conditions. At this purpose, ten different grain varieties characterized by different degree of ploidy (hexaploid, tetraploid, diploid) were chosen, among them common and durum wheat, einkorn, emmer, and spelt. The contamination, expressed as the sum of DON and DON3Glc, was found to be significantly lower in common wheat and spelt than in emmer, durum wheat and einkorn, following a trend hexaploid