Maize and Sorghum are the two
important cereal crops cultivated as major rain fed crops in most of the semiarid
regions. They are used in more ways than any other cereals by humans,
as a feed grain, as a fodder crop, and for hundreds of industrial purposes. From the early stages of
their growth and development, they are subjected to damage by many species
of moulds including the species of Fusarium. Therefore elimination of the growth of
toxigenic Fusarium species is very important to prevent the subsequent
production of fumonisins and dry matter loss in cereals used for human
consumption