Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY
Volume 160, Issue 10, Pages 519-524Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2012.01944.x
Keywords
Fusarium graminearum clade; maize; genetic chemotype; Gibberella ear rot; nivalenol; 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol
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Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2009CB118806]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30571160, 30771337]
- Ministry of Education of China [20090146120013]
- Chinese-Belgian joint project of BELSPO [BL/02/C58]
- MOST of China [S2012GR0016]
- Chinese Exchange programme
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Fusarium graminearum clade species are among the main causative agents of Gibberella ear rot (GER) in maize and responsible for the various trichothecene mycotoxins accumulated in contaminated maize grains. In this study, a total of 620 isolates from diseased maize ears collected from 59 districts in 19 provinces throughout China, previously identified morphologically as Fusarium graminearum clade, was genetically characterized at the species level based on SCAR (Sequence Characterized Amplified Region) and for their potential capability of mycotoxin production using the genetic chemotyping assay. The results showed that 359 isolates were F.asiaticum (SCAR 5), which consisted of 97% nivalenol (NIV)-chemotypes, 0.8% 3-acetyldeoxynivalenol (3-ADON)-producing isolates and 2.2% 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol (15-ADON) producers, whereas the remaining 261 isolates were identified as F.graminearum sensu stricto (SCAR 1), all of which produced 15-ADON mycotoxins. This high proportion of NIV producers present in F.asiaticum is different from the chemotype patterns in F.asiaticum populations isolated from wheat and barley, where DON and its acetylated chemotypes were the predominant mycotoxins. Moreover, the majority of NIV producers (59.1%) and all the 3-ADON-producing strains were derived from the warmer regions in southern China, whereas most of the 15-ADON-producing strains (78.4%) were isolated from the colder regions in northern China. Our study is the first report of NIV chemotypes of F.asiaticum and 15-ADON chemotypes of F.graminearum sensu stricto that were associated with the GER of maize in China.
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