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Mating behavior of a Northern Italian population of Fusarium verticillioides associated with maize.
Journal of applied genetics - 1 Aug 2011
Venturini Giovanni, Assante Gemma, Toffolatti Silvia L, Vercesi Annamaria
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium verticillioides, the most common causal organism of Fusarium stalk and ear rot of maize in Northern Italy, produces important mycotoxins such as fumonisins. Reproductive biology of F. verticillioides has been widely studied in numerous maize growing areas, but up to now no information is available on the mating behavior and genetic structure of this plant pathogen in Italy. Mating type and female...
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