Strategies for the control of Fusarium head blight in cereals

Integrated strategies for the control of Fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol contamination in winter wheat

“…(Champeil et al, 2004a). This disease causes total or partial ear premature 4 senescence with a consequent reduction in both crop yields and grain quality 5 (Pirgozliev et al, 2003). F. graminearum and F. culmorum, the most important 6 species responsible for FHB, are also the main causes of the accumulation of 7 deoxynivalenol (DON) in wheat kernels, a mycotoxin of the trichotecenes group,…”

“…FHB infection and DON contamination of wheat grains depend on multiple factors, 10 above all climatic conditions, particularly at flowering (Xu, 2003), but also agronomic 11 factors such as crop rotation, debris management, variety susceptibility and fungicide 12 applications (Pirgozliev et al, 2003;Koch et al, 2006), which aim at reducing 13 infection or growth of toxigenic fungi (Aldred and Magan, 2004). …”

Fusarium head blight and associated mycotoxin occurrence on winter wheat in Luxembourg in 2007/2008

“…This disease, causing considerable yield and quality losses, has received much attention in recent years as Fusarium contaminates the grains with mycotoxins and, therefore, the entire cereal food and feed chain, resulting in grains unusable for further production into, e.g. bakery products, breakfast cereals, pasta, snacks, beer or animal feed (Bullerman and Bianchini, 2007;Dexter et al, 1997;Pirgozliev et al, 2003). FHB caused by Fusarium toxigenic species produces several major mycotoxins, namely deoxynivalenol (DON), acetylated-DON (ac-DON), nivalenol (NIV), HT-2 and T-2 toxin, and zearalenone (ZON), which contribute to impaired quality of food products and also cause acute toxic symptoms, such as nausea, or resulting in long-term adverse effects, including interior organ damage, infertility and cancer (Gutleb et al, 2002;Minervini et al, 2004;Rotter et al, 1996;SCF, 1999SCF, , 2000aSCF, , b, 2001.…”

Fusarium-plant interaction: state of the art - a review

“…Several strategies have been evaluated to control diseases caused by Fusarium including cultural, biological and chemical control and the use of cultivars with resistance to Fusarium (Pirgozliev et al 2003). Despite efforts focused on reducing Fusarium effects, the proposed methods are very limited.…”