Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Fusarium verticillioides"
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The effect of Busseola fusca infestation, fungal inoculation and mechanical wounding on Fusarium ear rot development and fumonisin production in maize
(Elsevier, 2017)Fusarium verticillioides and Busseola fusca are among the most significant biotic constraints to maize production in South Africa. In this study, the effect of B. fusca damage and mechanical wounding to maize ears on ... -
Evaluating three commonly used growth media for assessing fumonisin analogues FB1, FB2 and FB3 production by nine Fusarium verticillioides isolates
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Maize is most often infected by the fumonisin-producing Fusarium verticillioides. Total fumonisins of natural infected grain is made up of FB1, FB2 and FB3 with FB1 occurring naturally at higher levels. A maize plant can ... -
Fungal mycoflora associated with Busseola fusca frass in maize plants
(BioOne, 2020)Busseola fusca and Fusarium verticillioides are considered the most important pest and pathogen, respectively, of maize in South Africa. Busseola fusca tunnels into stems and ears of maize plants, whereas F. verticillioides ... -
Fusarium ear rot and fumonisins in maize kernels when comparing a Bt hybrid with its non-Bt isohybrid and under conventional insecticide control of Busseola fusca infestations
(Elsevier, 2018)Maize production in South Africa is negatively affected by Fusarium verticillioides, an endophytic maize pathogen, as well as by Busseola fusca larval damage. Fusarium verticillioides causes ear, stem and root rot, and ...