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The Major Fusarium Species Causing Maize Ear and Kernel Rot and Their Toxigenicity in Chongqing, China.
Toxins - 22 Feb 2018
Zhou Danni, Wang Xiaoming, Chen Guokang, Sun Suli, Yang Yang, Zhu Zhendong, Duan Canxing
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium verticillioides, F. proliferatum, and F. meridionale were identified as the predominant fungi among 116 Fusarium isolates causing maize ear and kernel rot, a destructive disease in Chongqing areas, China. The toxigenic capability and genotype were determined by molecular amplification and toxin assay. The results showed that the key toxigenic gene FUM1 was detected in 47 F. verticillioides and 19 F....
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