Fusarium Mycotoxins: Chemistry, Genetics and Biology
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Mycotoxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 4924
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant pathology; fungal biology; genetics; molecular biology; mycotoxin research; biological control; poultry science; climate science
Interests: mycotoxins; mycotoxin biosynthesis; mycotoxin genes; trichothecenes; detoxification of mycotoxins; plant and fungal natural product chemistry; secondary metabolism; Fusarium
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Interests: mycotoxins; secondary metabolism; fungal physiology; plant pathology; evolution; molecular biology
Interests: Fusarium diversity; pathogenicity; phylogenetics; mycotoxins; genomics; host response
Interests: mycotoxins; host response; host resistance; RNAi; meiosis; fusarium; barley; genomics; microbiome
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fungi in the genus Fusarium are renowned for the mycotoxins they produce and the deleterious effects those toxins cause in agriculture, industry, and human health. While fumonisin, deoxynivalenol, and zearalenone are of primary concern, Fusarium spp. can produce a plethora of other secondary metabolites, some of which have known toxic properties, and others that have not been evaluated. Current areas of research on Fusarium mycotoxins include effects on human and animal health, improved detection methods, biological control, detoxification of contaminated food and feed, and, on a fundamental level, the genetic regulation of toxin biosynthesis, their mechanism(s) of action and the selective advantage provided to the producer. Extensive research has been completed on fumonisins, zearalenone, and deoxynivalenol and other trichothecenes, including studies identifying their biosynthetic pathways, but more fundamental work is needed on mycotoxins and mycotoxin-producing Fusarium spp. The focus of this Special Issue will be on Fusarium mycotoxins and studies focused on their chemistry, genetics, and biology. Some areas of particular interest include the effect of these mycotoxins on other microbes and their plant hosts, their genetic regulation in various Fusarium species, as well as the discovery of novel/emerging Fusarium metabolites that may in fact be functional mycotoxins. We invite our fellow researchers to submit their works or related review articles to help create a better understanding of the biology and impact of metabolically active Fusarium species.
Dr. Scott Gold
Dr. Susan P McCormick
Dr. Anthony E. Glenn
Dr. Imane Laraba
Dr. Thomas Baldwin
Dr. Timothy Satterlee
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- trichothecenes
- fumonisins
- mycotoxicology
- genetics
- novel secondary metabolites
- microbiome/microbial interactions
- effect on plant host
- synergism
- emerging mycotoxins
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