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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.

Everest

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Ponomarova Olha Serhiivna, Tokar Oleksandr Petrovych, Zaitsev Oleksii Borysovych,

UA
3 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Limagrain Europe S.A.S

FR
4 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Wiersum Plantbreeding B.V.

PL
3 records

Owacja

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roslin Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy

PL
6 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Hodowla Roslin Strzelce Sp z.o.o. Grupa IHAR

AT
3 records

Septer

Terminated

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Nickerson International Research S.N.C.

SK
3 records

Vanilia

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Hodowla Roslin Strzelce Sp z.o.o. Grupa IHAR

PL
4 records

Kosovytsia

Terminated

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Lytvynenko Raisa Ivanivna, Maksymov Mykola Havrylovych, Parfentiev Mykhailo Hryhorovych, Babaiants Lazar Tihranovych, Reshetnikova Valentyna Semenivna, Ptashenchuk Oleksandr Mykytovych, Honcharuk Nina Oleksandrivna, Lytvynenko Mykola Antonovych,

UA
3 records

Nixon

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Oregon State University

DK
2 records

Vaiva

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Lietuvos agrarinių ir miškų mokslų centras

LT
3 records

Yoana

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Institute for Introduction and Plant Genetic Resources “K.Malkov”- Sadovo (BG)

BG
2 records

GK. Orseg

Terminated

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

2 records

Terrier

Terminated

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Nickerson International Research S.N.C.

DE
3 records

Myrliena

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Artemchuk Iryna Petrivna, Morhun Volodymyr Vasylovych, Kovalyshyna Hanna Mykolaivna, Koliuchyi Vasyl` Trokhymovych, Dubovyi Volodymyr Ivanovych, Kolomiiets` Lidiia Andriivna, Zamlila Nina Petrivna, Volohdina Halyna Borysivna, Cheremkha Olena Maksymivna,

UA
3 records

Hyguard

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

SAATEN UNION RECHERCHE

FR PL
2 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Chaika Anatolii Mykolaiovych, Burdeniuk-Tarasevych Larysa Antonivna,

UA
3 records

Jamajka

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Hodowla Roslin Strzelce Sp z.o.o. Grupa IHAR

PL
4 records

Batuta

Terminated

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Danko Hodowla Roslin Sp.z.o.o.

PL
3 records

WPB Whistler

Protection expired

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Wiersum Plantbreeding B.V.

2 records

Samuno

Terminated

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

ERHARD EBMEYER

DE
3 records

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

KWS MOMONT RECHERCHE SARL, FR

FR
3 records

Kastell

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

SECOBRA RECHERCHES S.A.S

DE
3 records

Muskat

Terminated

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

W. von Borries-Eckendorf GmbH & Co.KG

CZ DE
3 records

Criterio

Active

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Saatzucht Donau GmbH & Co.KG

AT
3 records

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