Heritability of fumonisin B1 production in Gibberella fujikuroi mating population A.

doi:10.1128/aem.58.9.2799-2805.1992

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Heritability of fumonisin B1 production in Gibberella fujikuroi mating population A.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 1992

Desjardins A E, Plattner R D, Shackelford D D, Leslie J F, Nelson P E

Abstract excerpt

Fumonisins are mycotoxins produced by strains belonging to several different mating populations of Gibberella fujikuroi (anamorphs, Fusarium section Liseola), a major pathogen of maize and sorghum worldwide. We studied the heritability of fumonisin production in mating population A by crossing fu...

Topics

Carcinogens, Environmental
Crosses, Genetic
Fumonisins
Genes, Fungal
Genetic Variation
Gibberella
Mycotoxins
Phenotype
Species Specificity

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