Abstract
Liquid cultures of 200 Fusarium isolates selected to represent the most common species found in autumn pasture (70 isolates) and in grain (130 isolates) grown in New Zealand were analysed for trichothecenes and related compounds. Production of butenolide, cyclonerodiol derivatives and culmorins was also measured. The principal trichothecenes produced were derivatives of either nivalenol (NIV), deoxynivalenol (DON) or scirpentriol (Sctol), in order of frequency. The principal trichothecene producing species were F. crookwellense, F. culmorum and F. graminearum. Isolates of the first two species were predominantly NIV-chemotypes with one or two isolates respectively as Sctol-chemotypes. F. graminearum showed equal quantities of NIV- and DON-chemotypes, with the DON-chemotypes producing primarily 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol (15-ADON).
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Lauren, D.R., Sayer, S.T. & di Menna, M.E. Trichothecene production by Fusarium species isolated from grain and pasture throughout New Zealand. Mycopathologia 120, 167–176 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436395
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