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Identification and heritability of fumonisin insensitivity in Zea mays.
Phytochemistry - 1 Oct 2005
Desjardins Anne E, Plattner Ronald D, Stessman Richard J, McCormick Susan P, Millard Mark J
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Landraces of maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) and its wild teosinte relatives (Zea mays spp. parviglumis and mexicana) were surveyed for sensitivity to fumonisin B(1), a phytotoxin produced by the maize pathogen Gibberella moniliformis. Only two of 42 Z. mays samples were highly insensitive to FB(1) (ED(50) = ca. 200 microM). The teosintes and 76% of the maize landraces were moderately or highly sensitive to FB(1)...
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