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Trichothecene genotypes and chemotypes in Fusarium graminearum complex strains isolated from maize fields of northwest Argentina.
International journal of food microbiology - 1 Feb 2012
Sampietro Diego A, Ficoseco María E Aristimuño, Jimenez Cristina M, Vattuone Marta A, Catalán Cesar A
Abstract excerpt
Members of the Fusarium graminearum species complex (Fg complex) cause Gibberella ear rot in maize from northwest Argentina. The potential of these pathogens to contaminate maize grains with type B trichothecenes is a health risk for both humans and animals. We evaluated the reliability of multiplex PCR assays based on TRI3 and TRI12 genes, and single PCR assays based on TRI7 and TRI13 genes to infer...
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