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Deoxynivalenol-producing ability of Fusarium culmorum strains and their impact on infecting barley in Algeria.
World journal of microbiology & biotechnology - 1 Jun 2015
Yekkour Amine, Toumatia Omrane, Meklat Atika, Verheecke Carol, Sabaou Nasserdine, Zitouni Abdelghani, Mathieu Florence
Abstract excerpt
The cereal-pathogenic Fusarium culmorum (W.G. Smith), causal agent of various blights and rot diseases, is considered as a chronic fungus of economic concern worldwide including North African countries such as Algeria. This pathogen produces a wide range of mycotoxins, amongst which the type B-trichothecene deoxynivalenol (DON). In addition to its acute and chronic side effects in livestock and humans, DON is...
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