Mycopathologia (1995) 131, 25-29

Antonio Moretti, Glenn A. Bennett, Antonio Logrieco, Antonio Bottalico and Marian N. Beremand (1995)
Fertility of Fusarium moniliforme from maize and sorghum related to fumonisin production in Italy
Mycopathologia 131 (1), 25-29
Abstract: Forty-three strains of Fusarium moniliforme isolated from infected maize and sorghum plants in Italy were assayed for their ability to produce fertile crosses with 'A' and 'F' mating population tester strains, in relation to their ability to produce fumonisins on maize substrate. Most of the strains isolated from maize (ear and stalk rot and maize-based feed), producing fumonisin B₁ (FB₁) and B₂ (FB₂) (up to 4,100 and 855 mg/kg, respectively), belonged to the 'A' mating population. All of the strains isolated from sorghum belonged to the 'F' mating population and produced little or no FB₁ and FB₂. This is the first report of the occurrence of mating population 'F' in Europe. Our data on strains from Italy are consistent with previous studies from the United States that found significant differences in sexual fertility and fumonisin production between strains from maize and sorghum.
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Database assignments for author(s): Antonio Logrieco

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Fusarium verticillioides	Maize/corn (Zea mays)	Italy
	Fusarium verticillioides	Sorghum (crop)	Italy