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Study of the genetic diversity of the aflatoxin biosynthesis cluster in Aspergillus section Flavi using insertion/deletion markers in peanut seeds from Georgia, USA.
Mycologia - 1 Jan 2017
Faustinelli Paola C, Palencia Edwin R, Sobolev Victor S, Horn Bruce W, Sheppard Hank T, Lamb Marshall C, Wang Xinye M, Scheffler Brian E, Martinez Castillo Jaime, Arias Renée S
Abstract excerpt
Aflatoxins are among the most powerful carcinogens in nature. The major aflatoxin-producing fungi are Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus. Numerous crops, including peanut, are susceptible to aflatoxin contamination by these fungi. There has been an increased use of RNA interference (RNAi) technology to control phytopathogenic fungi in recent years. In order to develop molecular tools targeting specific genes...
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