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SESSION 2: SECONDARY METABOLITES – BIOCHEMISTRY,<br />
BIOSYNTHESIS, FEED AND FOOD SAFETY<br />
P28 - Phylogenetic diversity <strong>of</strong> and fumonisin gene<br />
cluster distribution within Fusarium isolates from wild<br />
banana in China<br />
F. Van Hove 1 *, S. De Saeger 2 , I. Lazzaro 1 , Y. Qi 3 , D. Zhang 4 , A. Wu 4 , F.<br />
Munaut 1<br />
1 Université catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Applied Microbiology, Mycology,<br />
Mycothèque de l'Université catholique de Louvain (BCCM TM /MUCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;<br />
2 Laboratory <strong>of</strong> Food Analysis, Faculty <strong>of</strong> Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium;<br />
3 Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy <strong>of</strong> Tropical Agricultural Sciences<br />
(CATAS), China; 4 College <strong>of</strong> Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU),<br />
China.<br />
E-mail: francois.vanhove@uclouvain.be<br />
Banana fruit is one <strong>of</strong> the most important crops and is currently the second most<br />
important fruit produced all over the world. Several Fusarium species have been<br />
identified as important pre- and post-harvest pathogens <strong>of</strong> cultivated banana.<br />
However, there are no studies that have been conducted to identify Fusarium<br />
contaminants on wild banana.<br />
The first objective <strong>of</strong> this work was to study the phylogenetic and genetic diversity<br />
<strong>of</strong> Fusarium isolates from the F. fujikuroi species complex contaminating fruits <strong>of</strong><br />
wild banana plants growing in two southern Chinese Provinces, Hainan and<br />
Yunnan. The second objective was to study the distribution and configuration <strong>of</strong><br />
the fumonisin gene cluster within these Fusarium species.<br />
Keywords: Fusarium, fumonisin gene cluster, banana, phylogeny<br />
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