Skip to content

Diseases

Fusarium Head Blight of Soft Wheat

Triticum aestivum L.

A complex disease of wheat caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium, affecting all plant organs and most characteristically manifesting as premature bleaching of the spike and a specific fungal growth on the ear.

In the reference 993 varieties crop Bread wheat, where this is mentioned in the description.

The pathogens of the disease are species of Fusarium graminearum, F. culmorum, F. poae, F. avenaceum, and F. sporotrichioides. The species composition of the complex depends on climatic conditions: F. graminearum dominates in high humidity, whereas F. poae is more common during dry periods.

Symptoms of infection include premature bleaching of individual spikelets or entire ears against the background of healthy plant parts and the formation of pink, orange, or red sporulation growth. Affected grain becomes shriveled, wrinkled, often acquires a pinkish hue, and its embryo frequently dies.

Resistance to Fusarium head blight is polygenically controlled and linked to the Fhb1, Fhb2, Fhb5, and Fhb7 loci. The latter gene, transferred from Thinopyrum elongatum, provides protection by encoding a glutathione S-transferase enzyme that neutralizes the fungus's mycotoxins.

General information about the subject — on the page Fusarium wilt and blight.

Sources8

Varieties of Bread wheat mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Arkadia

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Danko Hodowla Roslin Sp.z.o.o.

PL
8 records

Hondia

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Danko Hodowla Roslin Sp. Zo.o., Pl- 64-000 Koscian

PL
8 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

TOMAS NOVACEK

BG SK UA
7 records

Hypodrom

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Saaten Union Recherche SARL, Estrées-Saint -Denis FR

FR HU
6 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Asur Plant Breeding SAS

EE FR LT
6 records

Torp

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Nordic Seed A/S

DK
6 records

Alicia

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Výzkumné Centrum Selton s.r.o., Selgen A.S.

UA
8 records

Tonacja

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

NITA ZYGMUNT O. STANISLAW / PLUCIENNICZAK ELZBIETA, TERESA O JAN / PAKULSKA HANNA O. TADEUSZ / RYDZEWSKI JAN O. FRANCISZEK / BLASZCZAK WOJCIECH O. WLADYSLAW / BLASZCZAK MARIA O, MARIAN / JOACHIM KRZYSZTOF O. KRZYSZTOF

PL UA
8 records

Pinokio

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Secobra Recherches, F

ES IT
6 records

Zeppelin

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Syngenta Hadmersleben

EE LT
6 records

Vulkan

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Poljoprivredni institut, HR

HR SI
7 records

Impression

Terminated

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Schweiger-Weizen GbR (DE)

FR
6 records

Dichter

Terminated

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

SAATZUCHT JOSEF BREUN GmbH&Co.KG

LT NL
6 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Saatzucht Donau GmbH & Co.KG

AT SK
6 records

Mv Suba

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

HUN-REN Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont

HR HU
7 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Limagrain Europe S.A.S

BE FR
7 records

Ilaria

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

ISEA S.R.L

IT UA
6 records

Tina

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Bc Institut d.d. Zagreb (HR)

HR SI
7 records

Eletta

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

ISEA S.R.L

IT UA
7 records

BG Adora

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Borislav Kobiljski

BG UA
8 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

UNIGENETIC (BG)

HR UA
7 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

RAGT 2n

ES IT
6 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

RAGT 2n

PL SK UA
6 records

Frument

Terminated

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Sejet Planteforaedling I,S

DK LT
7 records

Jump to page 6 18 21 25 31 37