Davidse, L.C. (1976) The antimitotic properties of the benzimidazole fungicide carbendazim and a mechanism of resistance to this compound in Aspergillus nidulans. PhD thesis, Wageningen.
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Systemic benzimidazole fungicides are well-known for their pronounced ability to control a large number of fungal plant diseases. On the other hand development of resistance in fungi to these compounds is as well widely known. Biochemical aspects of both fungitoxic action and resistance in fungi are the subject of this thesis. It contains four articles describing a) the mechanism of action of carbendazim or methyl benzimidazol-2-yl carbamate, b) a mechanism of resistance to this compound and c) its metabolic conversion. Most of the work was done with Aspergillus nidulans, because this fungus is genetically well defined and new mutants can be readily characterized. Three strains were used, one strain with wild type sensitivity, one with an increased sensitivity and one with a decreased sensitivity to MBC. The behaviour of both mutant strains was due to a mutation in the benA locus...
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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| Author Affiliation: | Research Unit for Internal Therapy of Plants T.N.O., Laboratory of Phytopathology, Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection |
| Divisions: | Groundnut |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2012 08:50 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Aug 2012 08:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/7396 |
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