Journal of Phytopathology (2014) 162, 147-157

Jian-Hua Wang, Jing-Bo Zhang, He-Ping Li, An-Dong Gong, Sheng Xue, Rebecca S. Agboola and Yu-Cai Liao (2014)
Molecular identification, mycotoxin production and comparative pathogenicity of Fusarium temperatum isolated from maize in China
Journal of Phytopathology 162 (3), 147-157
Abstract: A recently isolated Fusarium population from maize in Belgium was identified as a new species, Fusarium temperatum. From a survey of Fusarium species associated with maize ear rot in nineteen provinces in 2009 in China, ten strains isolated from Guizhou and Hubei provinces were identified as F. temperatum. Morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses based on the DNA sequences of individual translation elongation factor 1-alpha and β-tubulin genes revealed that the recovered isolates produced macroconidia typical of four-septate with a foot-shaped basal cell and belonged to F. temperatum that is distinctly different from its most closely related species F. subglutinans and others within Gibberella fujikuroi complex species from maize. All the strains from this newly isolated species were able to infect maize and wheat in field, with higher pathogenicity on maize. Mycotoxin determination of maize grains infected by the strains under natural field condition by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses showed that among fifteen mycotoxins assayed, two mycotoxins fumonisin B₁ and B₂ ranging from 9.26 to 166.89 μg/g were detected, with massively more FB₂ mycotoxin (2.8- to 108.8-fold) than FB₁. This mycotoxin production profile is different from that of the Belgian population in which only fumonisin B₁ was barely detected in one of eleven strains assayed. Comparative analyses of the F. temperatum and F. subglutinans strains showed that the highest fumonisin producers were present among the F. temperatum population, which were also the most pathogenic to maize. These results suggested a need for proper monitoring and controlling this species in the relevant maize-growing regions.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Fusarium temperatum	Maize/corn (Zea mays)	China (south)