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Inbred Selection for Increased Resistance to Kernel Contamination with Fumonisins.
Toxins - 4 Jul 2023
Santiago Rogelio, Ramos Antonio J, Cao Ana, Malvar Rosa Ana, Butrón Ana
Abstract excerpt
In temperate world-wide regions, maize kernels are often infected with the fumonisin-producing fungus Fusarium verticillioides which poses food and feed threats to animals and humans. As maize breeding has been revealed as one of the main tools with which to reduce kernel contamination with fumonisins, a pedigree selection program for increased resistance to Fusarium ear rot (FER), a trait highly correlated with...
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