Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major disease of wheat in the north central and eastern United States that affects both grain yield and end-use quality. It is generally agreed that the most cost effective way of preventing this disease would be through the release of FHB resistant cultivars. A major limitation to developing FHB resistant cultivars is the limited availability of resistant germpl...

Fungicide application is a key factor in the control of mycotoxin contamination in the harvested wheat grain. However, the practical results are often disappointing. In 2000-2004, 2006-2008 and 2007 and 2008, three experiments were made to test the efficacy of fungicide control on Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) in wheat and to find ways to improve control of the disease and toxin contamination. In ...

INTRODUCTION Anecdotal evidence suggests that ingesting small volumes of pickle juice relieves muscle cramps within 35 s of ingestion. No experimental evidence exists supporting the ingestion of pickle juice as a treatment for skeletal muscle cramps. METHODS On two different days (1 wk apart), muscle cramps were induced in the flexor hallucis brevis (FHB) of hypohydrated male subjects (approx...

PURPOSE Hemolysis during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be associated with the development of hemoglobinuria (Hb) nephropathy and acute renal failure. For patients requiring ECMO, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) can be simultaneously performed by attaching a hemofilter to the ECMO circuit, thereby shunting part of the ECMO blood flow through the hemofilter. However, ...

Fusarium head blight (FHB), mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum, is one of the most destructive fungal diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Because of the quantitative nature of FHB resistance, its mechanism is poorly understood. We conducted a comparative transcriptome analysis to identify genes that are differentially expressed in FHB-resistant and FHB-susceptible wheat lines grown und...

Fusarium head blight (FHB), mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum, is a devastating disease of wheat that results in economic losses worldwide. During infection, F. graminearum produces trichothecene mycotoxins, including deoxynivalenol (DON), that increase fungal virulence and reduce grain quality. Transgenic wheat expressing a barley UDP-glucosyltransferase (HvUGT13248) were developed and eva...

Since cultural measures, fungicides, and resistant cereal genotypes have provided only partial control of Fusarium head blight to date, biological control is being explored as an additional tool in the integrated management of this disease. Microbial antagonists or their metabolites are potentially useful in the disruption of spike infection, fungal spread within the spike, seedling blight deve...

fusarium head blight (fhb) is an important disease in wheat worldwide that reduces grain yield, quality as well as contaminates grains to the mycotoxins. thirty spring wheat genotypes including 28 bread wheat and two durum wheat genotypes were evaluated for fhb under a randomized complete block design with three replications. grain yield and its components were evaluated by using two environmen...

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat. Repeated screening of genetic resources has led to the identification of several resistant cultivars of spring wheat, such as Frontana from Brazil, Sumai 3 from China and Nobeokabouzu-komugi from Japan. It is known, however, that several morphological and ecological variations with different responses to FHB exist with...