Plant BiologyMolecular Plant PathologyPeer-reviewed
The trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol facilitates cell-to-cell invasion during wheat-tissue colonisation by Fusarium graminearum
Victoria J. Armer, Martin Urban, Tom Ashfield…·Kim Elizabeth Hammond-Kosack
This study shows that deoxynivalenol (DON) aids Fusarium graminearum in colonizing wheat tissue by facilitating cell wall traversal through plasmodesmata, without affecting cell wall thickness.
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