Infected grasses as inoculum for Fusarium infestation and mycotoxin accumulation in wheat with and without irrigation.

ABSTRACT: Grasses growing next to agricultural fields influence the Fusarium abundance, the species composition, and the mycotoxin accumulation of wheat plants, especially the field parts directly adjacent to grasses, are highly affected. Grasses are a more attractive and suitable habitat for Fusarium fungi compared to other arable weeds and occur at mostly every semi-natural landscape element (e.g., kettle holes, hedgerows, field-to-field-borders). In our study, we analyzed the ability of a highly Fusarium infected grass stripe (F. graminearum, F. culmorum, F. sporotrichioides) to infect an adjacent wheat field with these species. Results show that the primary inoculated Fusarium species were as well the dominant species isolated from the wheat field. Regarding transects originating from the grass

SUBMITTER: Gerling M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10156776 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature