articleMolecular Plant PathologyNov 1, 2004BRONZE OA

Heading for disaster: Fusarium graminearum on cereal crops

RSRubella S. GoswamiHKHarold Kistler

University of Minnesota · Cereal Disease Laboratory

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Abstract

UNLABELLED: SUMMARY The rapid global re-emergence of Fusarium head blight disease of wheat and barley in the last decade along with contamination of grains with mycotoxins attributable to the disease have spurred basic research on the fungal causal agent. As a result, Fusarium graminearum quickly has become one of the most intensively studied fungal plant pathogens. This review briefly summarizes current knowledge on the pathogenicity, population genetics, evolution and genomics of Fusarium graminearum. TAXONOMY: Based on the sexual state Gibberella zeae (Schwein.) Petch: Superkingdom Eukaryota; Kingdom Fungi; Phylum Ascomycota; Subphylum Pezizomycotina; Class Sordariomycetidae; Subclass Hypocreomycetidae;…

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  • Biology
  • Gibberella
  • Gibberella zeae
  • Secale
  • Glume
  • Fusarium
  • Population
  • Botany
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