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The second report ofFusarium globosum is based on strains isolated from wheat in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, in subtropical Japan. Morphological features of the Japanese isolates are described. These strains show different reactions in conidiogenesis to light conditions. Under continuous BLB light, falcate sporodochial conidia are typically induced, but production of aerial globose conidia is suppressed. In two of the strains, clavate conidia became longer under BLB light. Application of both, complete darkness and continuous BLB light, is recommended as standard light conditions to cultureFusarium isolates.
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Aoki, T., Nirenberg, H.I. Fusarium globosum from subtropical Japan and the effect of different light conditions on its conidiogenesis. Mycoscience 40, 1–9 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02465667
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