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Infection patterns in barley and wheat spikes inoculated with wild-type and trichodiene synthase gene disrupted Fusarium graminearum.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Nov 2005
Jansen Carin, von Wettstein Diter, Schäfer Wilhelm, Kogel Karl-Heinz, Felk Angelika, Maier Frank J
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium head blight epidemics of wheat and barley cause heavy economic losses to farmers due to yield decreases and production of mycotoxin that renders the grain useless for flour and malt products. No highly resistant cultivars are available at present. Hyphae of germinating fungal spores use different paths of infection: After germination at the extruded tip of an ovary, the hyphae travel along the epicarp in...
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