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Species diversity and toxigenic potential of Fusarium graminearum complex isolates from maize fields in northwest Argentina.
International journal of food microbiology - 31 Jan 2011
Sampietro D A, Díaz C G, Gonzalez V, Vattuone M A, Ploper L D, Catalan C A N, Ward T J
Abstract excerpt
Members of the Fusarium graminearum species complex (Fg complex) are the causal agents of ear rot in maize and Fusarium head blight of wheat and other small grain cereals. The potential of these pathogens to contaminate cereals with trichothecene mycotoxins is a health risk for both humans and animals. A survey of ear rot isolates from maize collected in northwest Argentina recovered 66 isolates belonging to the...
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