Fusarium head blight of winter rye (Secale cereale L.)

Irena Kiecana, Elżbieta Mielniczuk

Abstract


Investigations on Fusarium head blight of rye were carried out in the years 2005-2007 on 10 production fields in the Lublin region. The percentage of heads showing the fusariosis symptoms in the years 2005-2007 ranged from 0 to 7%. Mycological analysis of kernels and chaff obtained from heads with Fusarium blight (scab) symptoms showed that Fusarium avenaceum, Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium sporotrichioides were the largest threat to heads of this cereal. The species of Fusarium poae and Fusarium crookwellense were also isolated from infected rye heads. The dominance of particular species in infecting rye heads was determined by weather conditions.

Keywords


Fusarium avenaceum; F. culmorum; F. sporotrichioides; head blight; winter rye

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/aa.2010.015

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