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Sexual reproduction in the soybean sudden death syndrome pathogen Fusarium tucumaniae.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B - 1 Aug 2007
Covert S F, Aoki T, O'Donnell K, Starkey D, Holliday A, Geiser D M, Cheung F, Town C, Strom A, Juba J, Scandiani M, Yang X B
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the sexual reproductive mode of the two most important etiological agents of soybean sudden death syndrome, Fusarium tucumaniae and Fusarium virguliforme. F. tucumaniae sexual crosses often were highly fertile, making it possible to assign mating type and assess female fertility in 24 South American isolates. These crosses produced red perithecia and oblong-elliptical ascospores, as is typical for...
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