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. 1988 Aug;54(8):1930–1933. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.8.1930-1933.1988

Mycotoxins and Fusarium spp. associated with infected ears of corn in Minnesota.

H K Abbas 1, C J Mirocha 1, R A Meronuck 1, J D Pokorny 1, S L Gould 1, T Kommedahl 1
PMCID: PMC202781  PMID: 2972253

Abstract

Five Fusarium species were isolated from the grain of dent corn (Zea mays) selected from 20 of 32 damaged fields in 10 counties in Minnesota on the basis of hyphal growth visible on kernels in the field. Three mycotoxins were identified in the infected ears: zearalenone, deoxynivalenol, and 15-acetyl-deoxynivalenol. This is the first report of the presence of 15-acetyl-deoxynivalenol on corn ears in the field prior to harvest and in combination with deoxynivalenol and zearalenone. Ninety-nine cultures were selected from colonies growing from kernels on an agar medium; 30% of the cultures were F. graminearum, 23% were F. subglutinans, 20% were F. moniliforme, 14% were F. oxysporum, and 12% were F. proliferatum.

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