Phenolic esters have attracted considerable interest due to the potential they offer for peroxidase catalysed cross-linking of cell wall polysaccharides. Particularly, feruloyl residues undergo radical coupling reactions that result in cross-linking (intra-/intermolecular) between polysaccharides, between polysaccharides and lignin and, between polysaccharides and proteins. This review addresse...

Maize is the main crop for Mexicans; however, it affected by species of fungi causing ear rot. This research aimed to evaluate effect T. asperellum T11, harzianum T1 4 y longibrachiatum 40 on some agronomic variables four maize genotypes. The seeds genotypes H-515, Zapata 7, and H-507 were treated with a suspension Trichoderma spp. 1 × 108 spores mL-1, using control (untreated seed), Benomyl as...

The impact of climate change has been identified as an emerging issue for food security and safety, and the increased incidence of mycotoxin contamination in maize over the last two decades is considered a potential emerging hazard. Disease control by chemical and agronomic approaches is often ineffective and increases the cost of production; for this reason the exploitation of genetic resistan...

A Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Genes Associated with Fusarium Ear Rot 1 Resistance in a Maize Core Diversity Panel 2 3 Charles T. Zila, L. Fernando Samayoa, Rogelio Santiago, Ana Butrón, and James B. 4 Holland 5 6 Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, 7 Misión Biológica de Galicia, CSIC, Pontevedra, Spain, 36080, and U.S. Department...

Field trials were conducted from 2007 to 2010 to compare grain fumonisin levels among non-Bt maize hybrids and Bt hybrids with transgenic protection against manual infestations of European corn borer (ECB) and Western bean cutworm (WBC). HPLC and ELISA were used to measure fumonisin levels. Results of the methods were highly correlated, but ELISA estimates were higher. Bt hybrids experienced le...

Fusarium proliferatum is a major cause of maize ear rot and fumonisin contamination and also can cause wheat kernel black point disease. The primary objective of this study was to determine whether nine F. proliferatum strains from wheat from Nepal can cause black point and fumonisin contamination in wheat kernels. For comparison, the study included three Fusarium strains from US maize. In test...