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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.

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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.

LG Absalon

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Limagrain Europe, FR

BG FR IT RO SK UA
18 records

Hamlet

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

WIERSUM PLANTBREEDING

DK EE LT LV NL UA
18 records

Balaton

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Saatzucht Donau, A

AT BG HU PL SI SK +1
20 records

Apexus

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Saatzucht Donau, A

HU LT RO SK UA
16 records

Tybalt

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Wiersum Plantbreeding B.V.

EE FR LT LU NL PL +1
20 records

Tobak

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

W. von Borries-Eckendorf GmbH & Co.KG

EE FR LT PL UA
15 records

Tacitus

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Saatzucht Donau GmbH & Co.KG

AT HR HU LT PL SK +1
12 records

Sofru

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Pierre GARRAUD

FR HR HU IT UA
16 records

Rumor

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Strube Research GmbH & Co. KG, D- 38387 Sollingen

DK LT UA
12 records

Renan

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, FR

AT BE BG FR HR RO +1
18 records

KWS Magic

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

KWS Lochow, D

AT BE DK HR PL SK
13 records

KWS Emil

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

KWS Lochow

EE LT LV UA
15 records

Faustus

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Strube, D

BE FR HU LT UA
16 records

Estica

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Limagrain Europe S.A.

BE FR IE NL PL SK
18 records

Bonanza

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

W. von Borries-Eckendorf GmbH & Co.KG

DK EE LT PL UA
14 records

Basilio

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

SAS FLORIMOND-DESPREZ Veuve et Fils

ES HR HU UA
19 records

Athlon

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Volker Lein

EE FR HU LT UA
15 records

Anapurna

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Nickerson International Research SNC, F

BG FR HU IT RO
16 records

WPB Troy

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

WIERSUM PLANTBREEDING

EE FI LT PL UA
14 records

SU Mangold

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Strube Research GmbH & Co. KG, DE

DK EE FR LT PL UA
14 records

RGT Reform

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

RAGT 2N S.A.S

DK EE LU NL SE UA
16 records

Nordkap

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Nordsaat Saatzucht GmbH, D-38895 Langenstein, OT Bohnshausen

EE LT LU PL UA
12 records

Munk

Protection expired

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Saatzucht Lochow-Petkus (DE)

DK EE IE LT LV SI +1
15 records

Maurizio

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Saatzucht Donau, A

AT HU RO SK UA
14 records

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