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Study Of The Genetic Diversity Of The Aflatoxin Biosynthesis Cluster In Aspergillus Section Flavi Using Insertion/Deletion Markers In Peanut Seeds From Georgia, Usa, Paola C. Faustinelli, Edwin R. Palencia, Victor S. Sobolev, Bruce W. Horn, Hank T. Sheppard, Marshall C. Lamb, Xinye M. Wang, Brian E. Scheffler, Jaime Martinez Castillo, Renee S. Arias

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Aflatoxins are among themost powerful carcinogens in nature. The major aflatoxin-producing fungi are Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus. Numerous crops, including peanut, are susceptible to aflatoxin contamination by these fungi. There has been an increased use of RNA interference (RNAi) technology to control phytopathogenic fungi in recent years. In order to develop molecular tools targeting specific genes of these fungi for the control of aflatoxins, it is necessary to obtain their genome sequences. Although high-throughput sequencing is readily available, it is still impractical to sequence the genome of every isolate. Thus, in this work, the authors proposed a workflow …