Aims: Fungal diseases are one of the most important biotic factors causing serious losses in banana cultivation field or greenhouses during cultivation, harvest, storage and transportation periods. Crown rot, caused by Fusarium verticillioides, is considered postharvest fungal disease fruits. In this study, endophytic bacterial isolates were obtained from fruits, branches leaves healthy trees t...

Commercial and sanitary qualities of cereals are important contribute to the determination final application destination grain and, thus, farmer profit. Although considered a minor crop in Italy, last years, cultivation area sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) has been increasing is often adjacent or subsequent most common maize (Zea mays L.) fields, with risk sharing mycotoxigenic fungi that b...

Fusarium is a cosmopolitan and highly diversified genus of saprophytic, phytopathogenic and toxigenic fungi. However, the existence and diversity of a few species of Fusarium are restricted to a certain area or climatic condition. The present study was conducted to determine the occurrence and diversity of Fusarium species in tropical highland areas in Malaysia and to compare with those in temp...

Objective: Fusarium diseases that cause grain mold and stalk rot of millet are the most important diseases, of these crops in Iran. Fusarium can cause stalk rots, ear rots, and grain mold, resulting in serious production losses in millet, and produce mycotoxins that are harmful to both humans and domesticated animals.  Methods: A total of 23 Fusarium isolates were rec...

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the important cereal crops world and world’s third most leading crop, after wheat rice. affected by various biotic abiotic stresses. Among stresses, fusarium wilt maize caused Fusarium verticillioides serious disease maize. Tweleve isolates F. vericillioides were studied for its cultural, morphological pathogenic variability. Microconidia hyaline, oval to club shap...

The genetic manipulation of the biosynthesis of fungal reduced polyketides has been challenging due to the lack of knowledge on the biosynthetic mechanism, the diffi culties in the detection of the acyclic, non-aromatic metabolites, and the complexity in genetically manipulating fi lamentous fungi. Fumonisins are a group of economically important mycotoxins that contaminate maize-based food and...

Fusarium ear rot (FER) incited by Fusarium verticillioides is a major disease of maize that reduces grain quality globally. Host resistance is the most suitable strategy for managing the disease. We report the results of genome-wide association study (GWAS) to detect alleles associated with increased resistance to FER in a set of 818 tropical maize inbred lines evaluated in three environments. ...

Fumonisin B1 (FB1) is a mycotoxin produced by Fusarium verticillioides, a fungus that commonly contaminates maize. Sex-related effects of FB1 have been observed with respect to carcinogenicity in rodents, to performances in pigs and immunosuppression in mice. In the present study the sex-related effect of FB1 on the pig immune response was determined. Female and castrated male piglets received ...