Fusarium verticillioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Nectriaceae
Genus: Fusarium
Species:
F. verticillioides
Binomial name
Fusarium verticillioides
(Sacc.) Nirenberg (1976)
Synonyms

Oospora verticillioides Sacc. (1881)
Alysidium verticillioides (Sacc.) Kuntze (1898)
Alysidium verticilliodes (Sacc.) Kuntze (1898)
Fusarium moniliforme J. Sheld. (1904)
Fusarium celosiae Abe (1928)
Oospora cephalosporioides Luchetti & Favilli (1938)

Fusarium verticillioides is the most commonly reported fungal species infecting maize (Zea mays). Fusarium verticillioides is the accepted name of the species, which was also known as Fusarium moniliforme. The species has also been described as mating population A of the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex (formally known as Gibberella fujikuroi species complex).[1] F. verticllioides produces the mutagenic chemical compound fusarin C.[2] F. verticillioides produces a group of disease-causing mycotoxins—fumonisins—on infected kernels.[3]

Control

The growth of all strains of F. verticillioides is significantly inhibited by an iodine-containing fungistatic (AJ1629-34EC) at concentrations that do not harm the crop. This might be a less toxic anti-fungal agricultural treatment due to its relatively natural chemistry.[4]

References

  1. ^ The name Fusarium moniliforme should no longer be used (Seifert, Keith A.; Aoki, Takayuki; Baayen, Robert P.; Brayford, David; Burgess, Lester W.; Chulze, Sofia; Gams, Walter; Geiser, David; De Gruyter, J.; Leslie, John F.; Logrieco, Antonio; Marasas, Walter F.O.; Nirenberg, Helgard I.; O'Donnell, Kerry; Rheeder, J.; Samuels, Gary J.; Summerell, Brett A.; Thrane, Ulf; Waalwijk, Cees (2003). "The Name Fusarium Moniliforme Should no Longer be Used". Mycological Research. 107 (6): 643. doi:10.1017/S095375620323820X.)
  2. ^ Gelderblom, Wentzel C. A.; Thiel, Pieter G.; Marasas, Walter F. O.; Van Der Merwe, Kirsten J. (1984). "Natural occurrence of fusarin C, a mutagen produced by Fusarium moniliforme, in corn". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 32 (5): 1064. doi:10.1021/jf00125a031.
  3. ^ Ortiz, Carlos S.; Richards, Casey; Terry, Ashlee; Parra, Joselyn; Shim, Won-Bo (2015-09-01). "Genetic Variability and Geographical Distribution of Mycotoxigenic Fusarium verticillioides Strains Isolated from Maize Fields in Texas". The Plant Pathology Journal. Korean Society of Plant Pathology. 31 (3): 203–211. doi:10.5423/ppj.oa.02.2015.0020. ISSN 1598-2254. PMC 4564145. PMID 26361468.
  4. ^ Yates, Ida E.; Arnold, Judy W.; Bacon, Charles W.; Hinton, Dorothy M. (2004). "In vitro assessments of diverse plant pathogenic fungi treated with a novel growth control agent". Crop Protection. Elsevier BV. 23 (12): 1169–1176. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2004.03.019. ISSN 0261-2194.


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