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Comparison of Canadian Fusarium graminearum isolates for aggressiveness, vegetative compatibility, and production of ergosterol and mycotoxins

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Fusarium graminearum is the predominant pathogen causing fusarium head blight of cereals in North America. Fifteen Canadian isolates of Fusarium graminearum were highly diverse in terms of vegetative compatibility grouping (VCG) and varied for production of ergosterol and mycotoxin production in rice culture. Aggressiveness was assessed by scoring the disease severity incited in wheat spikes by each isolate. Two inoculation methods, single-floret injection and spray of entire spikes, were used to screen 4 wheat varieties for reaction to the F. graminearum isolates. All isolates were of broadly similar aggressiveness, with disease severity ranging from 17.2 to 39.1 for single floret injection, and 39.1 to 69.0 for spray inoculation. Disease severity, ergosterol production, and mycotoxin development were not correlated. Using nitrate non-utilizing mutants the 15 isolates were grouped into 14 VCGs. Deoxynivalenol (DON) was produced by all isolates in rice culture, at levels between 0.2 and 249 ppm. 15-acetyldeoxynivalenol was produced by 14 of the 15 isolates at levels between 0.4 and 44.6 ppm. These results reveal a high level of diversity for several characteristics among F. graminearum isolates from Canada.

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    J. Gilbert, D. Abramson & B. McCallum

  2. Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3E8, Canada

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Gilbert, J., Abramson, D., McCallum, B. et al. Comparison of Canadian Fusarium graminearum isolates for aggressiveness, vegetative compatibility, and production of ergosterol and mycotoxins. Mycopathologia 153, 209–215 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014940523921

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