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Genetic diversity and fitness of Fusarium graminearum populations from rice in Korea.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 May 2009
Lee Jungkwan, Chang In-Young, Kim Hun, Yun Sung-Hwan, Leslie John F, Lee Yin-Won
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Fusarium graminearum is an important fungal pathogen of cereal crops and produces mycotoxins, such as the trichothecenes nivalenol and deoxynivalenol. This species may be subdivided into a series of genetic lineages or phylogenetic species. We identified strains of F. graminearum from the Republic of Korea to lineage, tested their ability to produce nivalenol and deoxynivalenol, and determined the genetic...
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