Fusarium verticillioides is the most commonly reported fungal species infecting maize (Zea mays).[citation needed]Fusarium verticillioides is the accepted name of the species, which was also known as Fusarium moniliforme. The species has also been described as mating population A of the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex (formally known as Gibberella fujikuroi species complex).[1]F. verticllioides produces the mutagenic chemical compound fusarin C.[2]F. verticillioides produces a group of disease-causing mycotoxins—fumonisins—on infected kernels.[3]
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^The name Fusarium moniliforme should no longer be used (Seifert, Keith A.; Aoki, Takayuki; Baayen, Robert P.; Brayford, David; Burgess, Lester W.; Chulze, Sofia; Gams, Walter; Geiser, David; De Gruyter, J.; Leslie, John F.; Logrieco, Antonio; Marasas, Walter F.O.; Nirenberg, Helgard I.; O'Donnell, Kerry; Rheeder, J.; Samuels, Gary J.; Summerell, Brett A.; Thrane, Ulf; Waalwijk, Cees (2003). "The Name Fusarium Moniliforme Should no Longer be Used". Mycological Research. 107 (6): 643. doi:10.1017/S095375620323820X.)
^Gelderblom, Wentzel C. A.; Thiel, Pieter G.; Marasas, Walter F. O.; Van Der Merwe, Kirsten J. (1984). "Natural occurrence of fusarin C, a mutagen produced by Fusarium moniliforme, in corn". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 32 (5): 1064. doi:10.1021/jf00125a031.
