Research Progress of Barley Smut Fungus Ustilago hordei
ZHANG Yu-hong
ZENG Zhang-hui
CHAI Yu-qiong
HAN Ning
BIAN Hong-wu
ZHU Mu-yuan
Abstract:As one of the major diseases in production of barley,the smut fungus Ustilago hordei is distributed worldwide and has caused serious economic losses. However,it is considered to have medicinal and edible value in Traditional Chinese Medicine Science. This paper mainly introduces the category and physiological characteristics of Ustilago hordei,the mechanism of infection and interac-tion between the Ustilago hordei and host barley,its medicinal and edible value,establishment of genetic transformation technology sys-tem of Ustilago hordei as well as research progress of genome comparison and evolution.
Keywords:BarleyUstilago hordeiGenetic transformationGenome
Publication Date:2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:4( 1-4 )
