Toxin Production in Soybean (<i>Glycine max</i> L.) Plants with Charcoal Rot Disease and by <i>Macrophomina phaseolina,</i> the Fungus that Causes the Disease

Charcoal rot disease, caused by the fungus <i>Macrophomina phaseolina</i>, results in major economic losses in soybean production in southern USA. <i>M. phaseolina</i> has been proposed to use the toxin (-)-botryodiplodin in its root infection mechanism to create a necrotic z...

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Main Authors: Hamed K. Abbas, Nacer Bellaloui, Cesare Accinelli, James R. Smith, W. Thomas Shier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Toxins
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/11/11/645