Impact of aggressiveness of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fusarium graminearum</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">F. culmorum</Emphasis> isolates on yield parameters and mycotoxin production in wheat |
| |
Authors: | Ulrike Korn Thomas Müller Andreas Ulrich Marina Elsa Herta Müller |
| |
Institution: | 1.Institute of Landscape Matter Dynamics,Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research Müncheberg,Müncheberg,Germany |
| |
Abstract: | Plant-associated isolates from Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum were inoculated on wheat in field experiments in 2007 and 2008 to ascertain their influence on fungal colonization of the
ears, as well as mycotoxin contamination (deoxynivalenol, DON; nivalenol, NIV; zearalenone, ZEA) and yield parameters in the
mature crop after inoculation with or without irrigation. The isolates were assigned to four different groups of aggressiveness
on the basis of pathogenic symptom development and mycotoxin production in vitro. Increased levels of trichothecene-producing
Fusarium DNA in the ears indicated a successful inoculation of the plants, which resulted in increased DON content in the wheat kernels
in 2007. Dry conditions at anthesis markedly suppressed fungal colonization as well as mycotoxin accumulation. However, due
to precipitation during the ripening period, yield and thousand-kernel weight were similar whether or not irrigation was applied
at the time of inoculation. The level of aggressiveness among the isolates as determined in vitro was not reflected in the
field experiment. The activity of the extracellular invertase in developing ears increased as a plant response to pathogen
infection, especially when the plants were irrigated at the time of inoculation. In 2008, the Fusarium inoculation of wheat heads did not cause fungal growth and mycotoxin contamination in the grain, because of the dry weather
conditions that occurred over the entire period of anthesis and ripening. The risk of future mycotoxin contamination in grains
was discussed based on climate change prognosis. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|