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Constitutive expression of pathogenesis-related proteins and antioxydant enzyme activities triggers maize resistance towards Fusarium verticillioides.
Journal of plant physiology - 1 Aug 2016
Maschietto Valentina, Lanubile Alessandra, Leonardis Silvana De, Marocco Adriano, Paciolla Costantino
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium verticillioides is a fungal pathogen of maize that causes ear rot and contaminates the grains with fumonisin mycotoxins. Breeding for resistance to Fusarium emerged as the most economic and environmentally safe strategy; therefore the discovery of resistant sources and effective molecular markers are a priority. Ears of resistant (CO441 and CO433) and susceptible (CO354 and CO389) maize lines were...
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