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Long chain alkanes in silk extracts of maize genotypes with varying resistance to Fusarium graminearum.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 5 Nov 2003
Miller S Shea, Reid Lana M, Butler Gail, Winter Susan P, McGoldrick Nadia J
Abstract excerpt
The alkane content of the silks of nine maize genotypes was analyzed to investigate the role of silk wax in resistance to Fusarium graminearum. Silk samples were collected 2, 4, 6, and 8 days after silk emergence and divided into three sections: exposed silk, silk channel silk, and silk that is under the husk and overlying the kernels. Four major unbranched alkanes (C(25), C(27), C(29), and C(31)) and three...
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