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Diseases caused by fungi in the genus Cochliobolus (Helminthosporium) are of major economic importance. In the U.S., C. victoriae devastated oat crops during the 1940’s, and C. heterostrophus race T destroyed ca. 15% of the maize crop in 1970. Diseases caused by Cochliobolus have also contributed to the conceptual development of the field of plant pathology. Victorin, the host-selective toxin of C. victoriae, was the first widely acknowledged example of a chemical agent of host specificity. The T-cms maize/C. heterostrophus race T interaction was the first for which the molecular and biochemical bases of specificity were understood. The Hm gene of maize, which controls reaction to C. carbonum race 1, was the first Mendelian resistance gene to be isolated.
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Walton, J.D., Ahn, JH., Akimitsu, K., Pitkin, J.W., Ransom, R. (1994). Leaf-Spot Disease of Maize: Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology of a Host-Selective Cyclic Peptide. In: Daniels, M.J., Downie, J.A., Osbourn, A.E. (eds) Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0177-6_34
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