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Biology of maize kernel infection by Fusarium verticillioides.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Jan 2010
Duncan Keith E, Howard Richard J
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium kernel rot disease starburst symptomatology was characterized fully for the first time. Two maize lines were hand pollinated and inoculated, using a fluorescent protein-expressing transformant of the fungal pathogen Fusarium verticillioides, by introduction of a conidial suspension through the silk channel of intact ears. Microscopy was used to identify the infection court and document initial stages of...
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