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Localisation of the benzimidazole fungicide binding site of Gibberella zeae β2-tubulin studied by site-directed mutagenesis.
Pest management science - 1 Feb 2011
Qiu JianBo, Xu JianQiang, Yu JunJie, Bi ChaoWei, Chen ChangJun, Zhou MingGuo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The efficacy of benzimidazole fungicides is often limited by resistance, and this is the case with the use of carbendazim for controlling Fusarium head blight caused by Gibberella zeae (Schwein.) Petch (anamorph Fusarium graminearum). Recent studies have shown that carbendazim resistance in field strains of G. zeae is associated with mutations in the β(2)-tubulin gene. The aims of the present study...
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