Fusarium Head Blight Inoculum: Species Prevalence and Gibberella zeae Spore Type

Head Blight Gradients Caused by Gibberella zeae from Area Sources of Inoculum in Wheat Field Plots.

ABSTRACT The spread of Fusarium head blight of wheat from a small area inoculum source was examined in wheat plots (100, 625, or 2,500 m(2)) inoculated in the center with Gibberella zeae-colonized corn kernels or macro-conidia sprayed on heads at anthesis. With the first inoculation method, disease foci were produced from ascospores released from perithecia formed on inoculated kernels. With th...

Field testing of antagonists of Fusarium head blight incited by Gibberella zeae

Fusarium head blight (FHB), primarily caused by Gibberella zeae (anamorph1⁄4Fusarium graminearum), is a devastating disease that causes extensive yield and quality losses to wheat and barley throughout the world. Antagonists that suppressed FHB in earlier greenhouse studies were tested in a series of field experiments at different geographical locations in the United States in 1998–2000. In mos...

Selection and Evaluation of Microorganisms for Biocontrol of Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat Incited by <i>Gibberella zeae</i>

Effects of Rainfall and Temperature on Production of Perithecia by Gibberella Zeae in Field Debris in Michigan

Gibberella zeae (anamorph Fusarium graminearum) causes scab (blight) in wheat and barley, and ear rot in corn. Since 1991, epidemics of Gibberella head blight have struck the Midwestern states with disastrous effects on wheat and barley growers. The fungus decreases yields and also contaminates grain with trichothecene mycotoxins that are harmful to human and animal health. To understand and co...

Deletion and complementation of the mating type (MAT) locus of the wheat head blight pathogen Gibberella zeae.

Gibberella zeae, a self-fertile, haploid filamentous ascomycete, causes serious epidemics of wheat (Triticum aestivum) head blight worldwide and contaminates grain with trichothecene mycotoxins. Anecdotal evidence dating back to the late 19th century indicates that G. zeae ascospores (sexual spores) are a more important inoculum source than are macroconidia (asexual spores), although the fungus...