Abstract
Sunflower seeds and its products are widely consumed as fodder and vegetable oil in India. The mycobiota is known to produce hazardous effects to the consumer by producing toxins. Hence the mycobiota starting from seed stage to kernel, Oiled Cake (OC), De-Oiled Cake (DOC), Solvent Extracted Oil (SEO), Expeller Oil (EO) and Refined Oil (RO) were studied using Czapek-Dox agar. Altogether 24 non-xerophilic species belonging to 12 genera were isolated. The fungus Aspergillus flavus was found to be predominant in seeds with 22.3 % contribution to the total. In the kernel, Mucor racemosus was dominant and contributed 31.6 %. In OC and DOC, Rhizopus stolonifer was dominant with 31.1 % and 45.9 % respectively. In EO and SEO, Aspergillus flavus and A. japonicus were dominant with 21 % and 32.4 % respectively. It was found that there was no fungal growth in RO. The study was conducted between the periods 2000–2001.
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