Toxins 2013, 5(3), 488-503; doi:10.3390/toxins5030488
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Diversity of Pea-Associated F. proliferatum and F. verticillioides Populations Revealed by FUM1 Sequence Analysis and Fumonisin Biosynthesis

Agnieszka Waśkiewicz 1,* email, Łukasz Stępień 2 email, Karolina Wilman 2 email and Piotr Kachlicki 2 email
1 Department of Chemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 75, Poznań 60-625, Poland 2 Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, Poznań 60-479, Poland
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Received: 2 January 2013; in revised form: 25 January 2013 / Accepted: 22 February 2013 / Published: 7 March 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolutionary/Phylogenetic Studies of Mycotoxin Biosynthetic Pathways)
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Abstract: Fusarium proliferatum and F. verticillioides are considered as minor pathogens of pea (Pisum sativum L.). Both species can survive in seed material without visible disease symptoms, but still contaminating it with fumonisins. Two populations of pea-derived F. proliferatum and F. verticillioides strains were subjected to FUM1 sequence divergence analysis, forming a distinct group when compared to the collection strains originating from different host species. Furthermore, the mycotoxigenic abilities of those strains were evaluated on the basis of in planta and in vitro fumonisin biosynthesis. No differences were observed in fumonisin B (FB) levels measured in pea seeds (maximum level reached 1.5 μg g−1); however, in rice cultures, the majority of F. proliferatum genotypes produced higher amounts of FB1–FB3 than F. verticillioides strains.
Keywords: FUM cluster; fumonisins; Fusarium proliferatum; Fusarium verticillioides; pea seeds; phylogenetic analysis

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Waśkiewicz, A.; Stępień, Ł.; Wilman, K.; Kachlicki, P. Diversity of Pea-Associated F. proliferatum and F. verticillioides Populations Revealed by FUM1 Sequence Analysis and Fumonisin Biosynthesis. Toxins 2013, 5, 488-503.

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Waśkiewicz A, Stępień Ł, Wilman K, Kachlicki P. Diversity of Pea-Associated F. proliferatum and F. verticillioides Populations Revealed by FUM1 Sequence Analysis and Fumonisin Biosynthesis. Toxins. 2013; 5(3):488-503.

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Waśkiewicz, Agnieszka; Stępień, Łukasz; Wilman, Karolina; Kachlicki, Piotr. 2013. "Diversity of Pea-Associated F. proliferatum and F. verticillioides Populations Revealed by FUM1 Sequence Analysis and Fumonisin Biosynthesis." Toxins 5, no. 3: 488-503.

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