| Species/Subspecies:
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Fusarium culmorum |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: spindle.
Species epithet: narrow mulberry-like fruit (conidiophore?). |
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| Significance: | [Unclassified]
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Ascomycota | Sordariomycetes | Hypocreales | Nectriaceae | Fusarium |
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Macromorphology (smell):
 | The aerial mycelium is first whitish to yellow, light brown or pale orange and later to brown, dark brown or reddish brown. |
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Micromorphology:
  | Microconidia are missing while macroconidia are common. The size of the macroconidia varies between 4-7 x 25-50 µm. |
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| Reproduction: | |
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| Spec. Char.:
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| Disease/effect:
| | Hosts/substrate | Disease/effect | Clinical picture or result |
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| Animals and humans | Mycotoxicosis(caused by DON) | Vomiting, decreased appetite, weight loss and diarrhea | | Animals and humans | Mycotoxicosis(caused by ZEN) | Estrogen affecting and may cause reproductive disorders. | | Asparagus | Dead stem rot | The stem rots | | Carrot | Root rot | The root rots | | Barley | Common root rot, crown rot and seedling blight | The rot will affect the area where the stem joins the root. | | Maize | Seed rot-seedling blight | The stem rots |
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| Virulence Factors:
| Forms the harmful mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZEN). |
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| Genome Sequence:
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- |
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| ITS regions:
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- |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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| Reference(s):
| No. 72 |
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| Updated: | 2022-04-06 |
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