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Cerato-Ulmin, a Toxin Produced by the Pathogens of the Dutch Elm Disease

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Dutch elm disease (DED) is a destructive disease of both native European and North American elms. DED was first noticed in 1919 by the Dutch Phytopathological Service, when it was spread over large areas of Belgium, The Netherlands and part of Northern France. A few years later, the disease was described by Spierenburg (1921, 1922). The anamorphic stage of the causal agent was described as Graphium ulmi (Schwarz, 1922), and the sexual form as Ceratostomella ulmi (Buisman, 1932). The disease was named “Dutch” by some German and English researchers in recognition of the scientific studies made by the Dutch authors in the twenties (Holmes and Heybroek, I990). The pathogen was then named Ceratocystis ulmi (Buisman) C. Moreau and Ophiostoma ulmi (Buisman) Nannfeldt, and maintained these names for a long time.

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Del Sorbo, G., Scala, A., Scala, F., Tegli, S. (2002). Cerato-Ulmin, a Toxin Produced by the Pathogens of the Dutch Elm Disease. In: Upadhyay, R.K. (eds) Advances in Microbial Toxin Research and Its Biotechnological Exploitation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4439-2_8

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