Molecular biology and biotechnology for reduction of Fusarium mycotoxin contamination

• Published in: Pesticide biochemistry and physiology Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 117 - 123
• Main Authors: Kimura, Makoto, Takahashi-Ando, Naoko, Nishiuchi, Takumi, Ohsato, Shuichi, Tokai, Takeshi, Ochiai, Noriyuki, Fujimura, Makoto, Kudo, Toshiaki, Hamamoto, Hiroshi, Yamaguchi, Isamu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 01.11.2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acetyltransferase; Biological and medical sciences; Biotechnology; Deoxynivalenol (DON); Detoxification; Estrogenic mycotoxin; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fungal plant pathogens; Fusarium; Fusarium graminearum; Genetically modified organisms (GMO); Lactonohydrolase; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Small grain cereal crops; Trichothecene biosynthesis; Zearalenone degradation; Deoxynivalenol (DON); Estrogenic mycotoxin; Fusarium graminearum; Small grain cereal crops; Detoxification; Lactonohydrolase; Trichothecene biosynthesis; Acetyltransferase; Genetically modified organisms (GMO); Zearalenone degradation; Biotechnology; Monocotyledones; Plant pathogen; Mycotoxin; Estrogen; Vomitoxin; Zearalenone; Esterases; Biosynthesis; Review; Cereal crop; Fungi; Degradation; Reduction; Gramineae; Angiospermae; Transgenic plant; Fungi Imperfecti; Biological contamination; Thallophyta; Hormone; Acyltransferases; Grains; Enzyme; Transferases; Metabolism; Trichothecene; Fusariotoxins; Carboxylic ester hydrolases; Toxin; Hydrolases; Spermatophyta; Molecular biology; Genetically modified organism
• ISSN: 0048-3575; 1095-9939
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2006.02.008

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating disease of important cereal crops resulting in significant yield loss and mycotoxin contamination. Persistent outbreaks of FHB in Europe and North America have led to various efforts to understand the mechanisms of resistance to this disease and mycotoxin biosynthesis. In this minireview, we summarize basic and applied studies conducted in our laboratories into reducing mycotoxin contamination in FHB.