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Phlobaphenes modify pericarp thickness in maize and accumulation of the fumonisin mycotoxins.
Scientific reports - 29 Jan 2020
Landoni Michela, Puglisi Daniel, Cassani Elena, Borlini Giulia, Brunoldi Gloria, Comaschi Camilla, Pilu Roberto
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Phlobaphenes are insoluble phenolic compounds which are accumulated in a limited number of tissues such as seed pericarp and cob glumes, conferring on them a typical red-brown pigmentation. These secondary metabolites, derived from 3-deoxy flavonoids, are thought to have an important role in plants' resistance against various pathogens, e.g. by reducing fungal infection, and also to have beneficial effects on...
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