From yellow rain to green wheat: 25 years of trichothecene biosynthesis research

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4478-4484

  Desjardins, Anne E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusarium graminearum; Fusarium sporotrichioides; Maize ear rot; TRI genes; Trichothecene biosynthesis; Wheat head blight

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUSARIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; WHEAT;

FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; MYCOTOXINS; PLANT DISEASES; TRICHOTHECENES; TRITICUM;

ANIMALIA; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SPOROTRICHIOIDES; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; PEORIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67149105895     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9003847     Document Type: Review

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