Molecular Diversity and PCR-detection of Toxigenic Fusarium Species and Ochratoxigenic Fungi

Phylogeny and molecular diagnosis of mycotoxigenic fungi.- FUSARIUM-ID v. 1.0: A DNA sequence database for identifying Fusarium.- Quantitative detection of Fusarium species in wheat using TaqMan.- A species-specific PCR assay based on the calmodulin partial gene for identification of Fusarium verticillioides, F. proliferatum and F. subglutinans.- Detection and differentiation of trichothecene and enniatin-producing Fusarium species on smallgrain cereals.- Differentiation of Fusarium verticillioides from banana fruits by IGS and EF-1? sequence analyses.- Genetic markers for the analysis of variability and for production of specific diagnostic sequences in fumonisin-producing strains of Fusarium verticillioides.- Synteny in toxigenic Fusarium species: The fumonisin gene cluster and the mating type region as examples.- Mitochondrial DNA diversity and lineage determination of European isolates of Fusarium graminearum (Gibberella zeae).- Genetic diversity of Fusarium graminearum in Europe and Asia.- Mitochondrial DNA variability in Fusarium proliferatum (Gibberella intermedia).- Molecular and morphological diversity of Fusarium species in Finland and northwestern Russia.- Mycotoxin production and molecular variability of European and American isolates of Fusarium culmorum.- Toxin profile, fertility and AFLP analysis of Fusarium verticillioides from banana fruits.- Interfertility of two mating populations in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex.- Identification of growth stage specific transcript profiles in Fusarium proliferatum (Gibberella fujiknroi, mating population D) by cDNA-AFLP analysis.- Molecular diversity of agriculturally important Aspergillus species.- PCR assay for identification of Aspergillus carbonarius and Aspergillus japonicus.- Production ofochratoxin A by Aspergillus ochraceus.- Analysis of differentially-expressed ochratoxin A biosynthesis genes of Penicillium nordicum.