Population structure and genetic diversity of the Fusarium graminearum species complex

Toxins

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1020-1037

  Wang, Jian Hua ^a   Ndoye, Mbacke ^a   Zhang, Jing Bo ^a   Li, He Ping ^a   Liao, Yu Cai ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemotype; Fusarium graminearum species complex; Genetic diversity; Geographic distribution; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE CHARACTERIZED AMPLIFIED REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOTOXINS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE;

EID: 80052181219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins3081020     Document Type: Article

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