1 Genetic diversity and mycotoxin production of Fusarium lactis species complex isolates from sweet pepper Kris Van Poucke a,* , Sofie Monbaliu b,1 , Françoise Munaut c,2 , Kurt Heungens a,3 , Sarah De Saeger b,1 , François Van Hove c,2 a Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO), Plant Sciences Unit – Crop Protection, Burg. Van Gansberghelaan 96 box 2, 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium b Laboratory of Food Analysis, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat 72, 9000 Gent, Belgium c Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Earth and Life Institute (ELI), Applied Microbiology, Mycothèque de l'Université catholique de Louvain (BCCM TM /MUCL), Croix du Sud 2 box L7.05.06, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium *corresponding author: Tel. +32 9 2722482; fax +32 9 2722429. E-mail addresses: kris.vanpoucke@ilvo.vlaanderen.be (K. Van Poucke), sofie.monbaliu@ugent.be (S. Monbaliu), francoise.munaut@uclouvain.be (F. Munaut), kurt.heungens@ilvo.vlaanderen.be (K. Heungens), sarah.desaeger@ugent.be (S. De Saeger), francois.vanhove@uclouvain.be (F. Van Hove) 1 Tel.: +32 9 2648134; fax: +32 9 2648199 2 Tel.: +32 10 473742; fax: +32 10 451501 3 Tel.: +32 9 2722487; fax: +32 9 2722429