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Detrimental Effects of Multiple Mutations in Position 240 of Fusarium graminearum β2-Tubulin.
Phytopathology - 1 Sept 2020
Zhu Yuanye, Zhang Yuanshuai, He Zongzhe, Duan Yabing, Li Yanjun, Wang Jianxin, Zhou Mingguo
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium graminearum causes Fusarium head blight (FHB), a destructive disease of cereal crops worldwide. Carbendazim (methylbenzimidazol-2-ylcarbamate [MBC]) is widely used for controlling FHB. A previous study showed that the F240L mutation in the β2-tubulin of F. graminearum (Fgβ2-tubulin) confers hypersensitivity to MBC. Whether the substitution of phenylalanine by other amino acids in position 240 of the...
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