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Mycotoxicology

Toxigenic Fusarium scirpi in Maize Grain from Midnorthern China. Chu- Cheih Hsia, The Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China; Thor Kommedahl(2), Bao-Lang Tziang(3), and Jian-Li Wu(4). (2)Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108; (3)(4)Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. Phytopathology 78:978-980. Accepted for publication 19 February 1988. Copyright 1988 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-78-978.

Fusarium scirpi (CF 12), isolated in 1983 from maize (Zea mays) stored by families as a staple food in midnorthern China was identified. This is the first report of this species on maize in China. Extracts of the fungus cultured on a rice medium were toxic to laboratory rats and induced significant chromosome aberrations and cytotoxic effects when added to a culture of V₇₉ fibroblasts of Chinese hamster.