Usda-ars, Ohio State University Cooperative Research on Biologically Controlling Fusarium Head Blight: 3. Field Testing of Antagonists

Over the last two years, research conducted at the NCAUR in Peoria, IL, in conjunction with The Ohio State University (Khan et al, 1998a; Khan et al., 1998b; Khan et al., 1999a; Khan et al., 1999b; Schisler et al., 1999a; Schisler et al., 1999b), has culminated in the isolation, screening and identification of several putative biological control agents for suppression of FHB. This update provides a summary of the results obtained in our 1999 field evaluation trials conducted on soft red winter wheat cultivars in Ohio and Illinois. Results of the 1998 field tests on the soft red winter wheat cultivar ‘Pioneer 2545’ were presented previously (Khan et al., 1998b; Schisler et al., 1999a).