A portable 3D-printed near-infrared spectrometer to screen maize for deoxynivalenol and zearalenone contamination
Mariane Zabotto Evangelista, Dedy Leonardo Nadeak, Rudolf Krska, José Tadeu Aldrigue, Bernardetti Cajaíba Oliveira Rossiti, José Alexandre Melo Demattê, Borges Marfrann Dias Melo, Stephan Freitag, Marcos Lívio Panhoza Tse
This paper develops a portable NIR spectrometer and chemometric model to screen maize for mycotoxin contamination, achieving 86.3% accuracy for zearalenone but lower accuracy for deoxynivalenol.
bioRxiv · Oct 23, 2025 · PreprintPharmacology & Toxicology