Characterization and genetic variability of Fusarium verticillioides strains isolated from corn and sorghum in Brazil based on fumonisins production, microsatellites, mating type locus, and mating crosses

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 798-804

  Da Silva, Valéria Nascimento ^a   Fernandes, Flora Maria Campos ^b   Cortez, Adriana ^a   Ribeiro, Deise Helena Baggio ^c   De Almeida, Adriana Palma ^d   Hassegawa, Regina Hiroko ^a   Corrêa, Benedito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fumonisins; Fusarium verticillioides; Mating types; Single primer amplification reaction

Indexed keywords

FUMONISINS; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; MATING TYPES; SINGLE PRIMER AMPLIFICATION REACTION;

CROPS; ENZYME KINETICS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MICROBIOLOGY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FUMONISIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA;

FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MAIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SORGHUM;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM THAPSINUM; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORGHUM;

BRAZIL; FUMONISINS; FUSARIUM; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SORGHUM; ZEA MAYS;

ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; SORGHUM;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; GIBBERELLA THAPSINA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33749830070     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-029     Document Type: Article

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