**6.1 Agricultural production**

Mycotoxins contamination of agricultural commodities can initiate from field and obtaining of conditions that conduct the fungal growth. The crops can be infected by molds at any line in the field. The production of mycotoxins due to mold growth is commonly associated with variation in weather conditions, plant stress, and humidity also inadequate feeding conditions [19]. In this regard there are three main stages that develop the mycotoxin contamination in food staff from agricultural aspect. These stages include:


#### **Table 5.**

*The major mycotoxins and producer microorganism.*
