Identification of Pathogenic Fusarium spp. Causing Maize Ear Rot and Potential Mycotoxin Production in China

• Published in: Toxins Vol. 8; no. 6; p. 186
• Main Authors: Duan, Canxing, Qin, Zihui, Yang, Zhihuan, Li, Weixi, Sun, Suli, Zhu, Zhendong, Wang, Xiaoming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 21.06.2016
• Subjects: China; Fusarium - genetics; Fusarium - isolation & purification; Fusarium - metabolism; Mycotoxins - biosynthesis; Mycotoxins - genetics; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Zea mays - microbiology; mycotoxin chemotype; mycotoxin production; maize; Fusarium spp; ear rot

Ear rot is a serious disease that affects maize yield and grain quality worldwide. The mycotoxins are often hazardous to humans and livestock. In samples collected in China between 2009 and 2014, Fusarium verticillioides and F. graminearum species complex were the dominant fungi causing ear rot. Acc...