Factors that affect the occurrence of fumonisin.
MILLER, J.D.
Environmental Health Perspectives 109: 321 – 324.
2001
บทคัดย่อ
The two important Fusarium ear rots of corn, Gibberella ear rot (Fusarium graminearum, formally F. moniliforme and allied species) and Fusarium ear rot (E verticillioides and allied specites) grow under different environmental conditions. F. graminearum grows well only between 26 and 28oC and requires rain both at silking and during disease progression. F.verticillioides grows well at higher temperatures, and ear rot and fumonisin accumulation are associated with drought and insect stress and growing hybrids outside their areas of adaptation. The best available strategies for reducting the risk of fumonisin contents of maize are to ensure that hybrids are adapted to the environment and to limit drought stress and insect herbivory. It may also be necessary to make use of alternative strategies such as producing hybrids that contain enzymes to degrade fumonisin as it is produced.