title: Mating populations of fusarium section liseola from rice, sugarcane and maize.
abstract: Mating studies were conducted on 78 isolates of Fusarium species section Liseola from rice, sugarcane and maize. From the crosses with tester strains of Gibberella fujikuroi species complex, 64.1% (50 out of 78 isolates) were cross-fertile with tester strains of mating populations A to E. The results of the mating studies showed that of the 50 isolates, 19 belonged to mating population A (Gibberella moniliformis), 18 to mating population B (Gibberella sacchari), 4 to mating population E (Gibberella subglutinans), 6 to mating population D (Gibberella intermedia) and 3 to mating population C (G. fujikuroi). Identification of several mating populations from rice, sugarcane and maize could be important biological entities under field conditions.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Latiffah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zakaria
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Heng Mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hsuan
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Baharuddin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salleh
keywords: Fusarium; Liseola; Mating Populations