Volatiles emitted from maize ears simultaneously infected with two Fusarium species mirror the most competitive fungal pathogen

Along with barley and rice, maize provides staple food for more than half of the world population. Maize ears are regularly infected with fungal pathogens of the Fusarium genus, which, besides reducing yield, also taint grains with toxic metabolites. In an earlier work, we have shown that maize ears...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Sherif, Eva-Maria Becker, Cony Herrfurth, Ivo Feussner, Petr Karlovsky, Richard Splivallo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01460/full