Mutations of β-tubulin codon 198 or 200 indicate thiabendazole resistance among isolates of Penicillium digitatum collected from citrus in Taiwan

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 157-163

  Lee, Miin Huey ^a   Pan, Shiah Mei ^a   Ng, Tieng Wui ^a   Chen, Po Sheng ^a   Wang, Li Yuan ^b   Chung, Kuang Ren ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus; Imazalil; Mutation; Penicillium decay; Postharvest; Resistance; Thiabendazole

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; FUNGICIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PHENYLALANINE; TIABENDAZOLE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITRUS FRUIT; CODON; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; POINT MUTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWEET ORANGE; TAIWAN;

CITRUS; CODON; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HUMANS; PENICILLIUM; POINT MUTATION; TAIWAN; THIABENDAZOLE; TUBULIN;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

EID: 84860420702     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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