Breeding for resistance to ear rots caused by Fusarium spp. in maize - A review

Plant Breeding

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-19

  Mesterházy, Ákos ^a   Lemmens, Marc ^b   Reid, Lana M ^c  

^a CEREAL RESEARCH NON PROFIT COMPANY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding; Corn; Ear rot; Fusarium; Fusarium graminearum; Fusarium verticillioides; Inheritance of resistance; Inoculation methods; Maize; Mycotoxins; Resistance; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855588018     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01936.x     Document Type: Review

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