Characterization and pathogenicity of Fusarium proliferatum and Fusarium verticillioides, causal agents of Fusarium ear rot of corn

• Main Authors: Mohd Zainudin, Nur Ain Izzati, Hamzah, Farah Aqila, Kusai, Nor Azizah, Zambri, Nur Syuhada, Salleh, Suhaida
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52017/1/Characterization%20and%20pathogenicity%20of%20Fusarium%20proliferatum%20and%20Fusarium%20verticillioides%2C%20causal%20agents%20of%20Fusarium%20ear%20rot%20of%20corn.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52017/; http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/abstract.htm?id=19963
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Fusarium ear rot is a significant disease of corn caused by several toxigenic Fusarium species including Fusarium proliferatum and Fusarium verticillioides. Forty-one Fusarium isolates were recovered from corn with Fusarium ear rot disease symptoms collected from Peninsular Malaysia. Isolates were c...