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  • Open Access
4 Citations
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13 Pages

7 December 2023

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating fungal disease of hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum). Several genetic loci were previously identified that control FHB resistance in wheat, including Fhb1. Fhb7, a major QTL conferring resistance to FHB, c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,484 Views
15 Pages

Elevated CO2 Can Worsen Fusarium Head Blight Disease Severity in Wheat but the Fhb1 QTL Provides Reliable Disease Resistance

  • William T. Hay,
  • James A. Anderson,
  • David F. Garvin,
  • Susan P. McCormick and ,
  • Mark Busman and
  • Martha M. Vaughan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 October 2023

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a destructive fungal disease of wheat that causes significant economic loss due to lower yields and the contamination of grain with fungal toxins (mycotoxins), particularly deoxynivalenol (DON). FHB disease spread and my...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,040 Views
14 Pages

Development of Wheat Lines Pyramiding the Fusarium Head Blight Resistance Gene Fhb1 with the Stripe Rust Resistance Genes Yr18, Yr28, and Yr36

  • Xue Yang,
  • Peiyao Huang,
  • Boxun Yu,
  • Caihong Chen and ,
  • Hongju Gong,
  • Yiduo Zhang,
  • Kebing Huang,
  • Suizhuang Yang and
  • Ming Hao
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

4 March 2026

Stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis) and Fusarium head blight (FHB; caused by Fusarium graminearum) are fungal diseases that endanger wheat productivity; however, by pyramiding disease-resistant genes, the long-term resistance of wheat can be strengthe...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,051 Views
12 Pages

Effects of Fhb1, Fhb2 and Fhb5 on Fusarium Head Blight Resistance and the Development of Promising Lines in Winter Wheat

  • Xuran Dai,
  • Yiwen Huang,
  • Xinhui Xue,
  • Shuo Yu and ,
  • Teng Li,
  • Hongwei Liu,
  • Li Yang,
  • Yang Zhou,
  • Hongjie Li and
  • Hongjun Zhang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

30 November 2022

The development of Fusarium head blight (FHB)-resistant winter wheat cultivars using the gene Fhb1 has been conducted in northern China. Sumai 3, a Chinese FHB-resistant spring wheat cultivar, carries three FHB resistance genes: Fhb1, Fhb2 and Fhb5....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Breeding and Genetics of Wheat Crops)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,869 Views
10 Pages

Distribution, Polymorphism and Function Characteristics of the GST-Encoding Fhb7 in Triticeae

  • Xianrui Guo,
  • Mian Wang,
  • Houyang Kang,
  • Yonghong Zhou and
  • Fangpu Han

9 August 2022

Encoding a glutathione S-transferase (GST) and conferring resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB), Fhb7 was successfully isolated from the newly assembled Thinopyrum elongatum genome by researchers, with blasting searches revealing that Thinopyrum g...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Chromosome Biology and Genomics for Breeding)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,255 Views
14 Pages

Background. The resettlement and post-resettlement quality of life of refugees is often marred by chronic health/mental health conditions. To adequately care for refugees suffering these conditions, a promising strategy is the use of refugee Family H...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,853 Views
13 Pages

Raman Spectroscopy and Improved Inception Network for Determination of FHB-Infected Wheat Kernels

  • Mengqing Qiu,
  • Shouguo Zheng,
  • Le Tang,
  • Xujin Hu and ,
  • Qingshan Xu,
  • Ling Zheng and
  • Shizhuang Weng
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

17 February 2022

Detection of infected kernels is important for Fusarium head blight (FHB) prevention and product quality assurance in wheat. In this study, Raman spectroscopy (RS) and deep learning networks were used for the determination of FHB-infected wheat kerne...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Analytical Strategies in Food Safety and Quality Monitoring)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,742 Views
24 Pages

The occurrence of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) mycotoxins in wheat grains is a major threat to global food safety and security. Humans and animals are continuously being exposed to Fusarium mycotoxins such as deoxynivalenol (DON) and its acetylated der...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evaluation of Risks of Microbiological Origin Associated with Food Consumption 2.0)
  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
9,094 Views
33 Pages

8 January 2024

The term “Fusarium Head Blight” (FHB) resistance supposedly covers common resistances to different Fusarium spp. without any generally accepted evidence. For food safety, all should be considered with their toxins, except for deoxynivalen...

(This article belongs to the Topic Emerging Food Safety Issues Associated with Mycotoxins)
  • Review
  • Open Access
71 Citations
7,284 Views
33 Pages

3 December 2020

Fusarium head blight has posed continuous risks to wheat production worldwide due to its effects on yield, and the fungus provides additional risks with production of toxins. Plant resistance is thought to be the most powerful method. The host plant...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic Improvement of Cereal Crops for Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,321 Views
17 Pages

Defense Response to Fusarium Infection in Winter Wheat Varieties, Varying in FHB Susceptibility, Grown under Different Nitrogen Levels

  • Magdalena Matić,
  • Rosemary Vuković,
  • Karolina Vrandečić,
  • Ivna Štolfa Čamagajevac and ,
  • Jasenka Ćosić,
  • Ana Vuković,
  • Krešimir Dvojković and
  • Dario Novoselović
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

25 July 2022

Fusarium head blight and inadequate nitrogen fertilization can cause numerous biochemical changes in wheat. The main aim of this study was to determine the effects of Fusarium inoculation and a broader range of different nitrogen fertilization on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,061 Views
17 Pages

4 July 2017

A delta-connected STATCOM with cascade multilevel full H-bridge (FHB) converter has been applied for phase balancing and power factor correction of unbalanced load in a three-phase, three-wire power distribution system. In this paper, a feedforward c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Electronics in Power Quality)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,148 Views
27 Pages

A Quantitative Proteomics View on the Function of Qfhb1, a Major QTL for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat

  • Moustafa Eldakak,
  • Aayudh Das,
  • Yongbin Zhuang,
  • Jai S. Rohila and ,
  • Karl Glover and
  • Yang Yen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a highly detrimental disease of wheat. A quantitative trait locus for FHB resistance, Qfhb1, is the most utilized source of resistance in wheat-breeding programs, but very little is known about its resistance mechanism....

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,223 Views
20 Pages

Fusarium Head Blight Infection Induced Responses of Six Winter Wheat Varieties in Ascorbate–Glutathione Pathway, Photosynthetic Efficiency and Stress Hormones

  • Katarina Sunic,
  • Lidija Brkljacic,
  • Rosemary Vukovic,
  • Zorana Katanic and ,
  • Branka Salopek-Sondi and
  • Valentina Spanic
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 October 2023

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most studied fungal diseases of wheat, causing massive grain yield and quality losses. This study aimed to extend previous studies on the physiological and biochemical responses of winter wheat to FHB stress i...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,823 Views
16 Pages

20 December 2020

Environmental factors like temperature and humidity are presumed to greatly influence Fusarium head blight FHB infections in wheat. Anther retention AR, on the other hand, is a morphologically neutral trait that shares a common genetic basis with FHB...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Breeding Healthy Cereals: Genetic Improvement of Fusarium Resistance)
  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,923 Views
23 Pages

Wheat Fusarium Head Blight Automatic Non-Destructive Detection Based on Multi-Scale Imaging: A Technical Perspective

  • Guoqing Feng,
  • Ying Gu,
  • Cheng Wang,
  • Yanan Zhou and ,
  • Shuo Huang and
  • Bin Luo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 June 2024

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major threat to global wheat production. Recent reviews of wheat FHB focused on pathology or comprehensive prevention and lacked a summary of advanced detection techniques. Unlike traditional detection and management m...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Modeling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,848 Views
13 Pages

Overexpression of Nepenthesin HvNEP-1 in Barley Endosperm Reduces Fusarium Head Blight and Mycotoxin Accumulation

  • Zelalem Eshetu Bekalu,
  • Claus Krogh Madsen,
  • Giuseppe Dionisio,
  • Inger Bæksted Holme and ,
  • Lise Nistrup Jørgensen,
  • Inge S. Fomsgaard and
  • Henrik Brinch-Pedersen
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

1 February 2020

Fusarium head blight (FHB) causes substantial losses of yield and quality in grains, both in the field and in post-harvest storage. To date, adequate natural genetic resistance is not available for the control of FHB. This study reports the cloning a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,220 Views
14 Pages

Endogenic Phenolic Compounds of Barley as Potential Biomarkers Related to Grain Mycotoxin Production and Cultivar Selection

  • Ana Badea,
  • James R. Tucker,
  • Ali Sabra,
  • Thomas Netticadan and ,
  • Barbara Blackwell,
  • Liping Yu,
  • Chamali Kodikara and
  • Champa Wijekoon
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

3 October 2023

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is the fourth largest cereal crop in the world. One of the most devastating diseases in barley worldwide is Fusarium head blight (FHB) caused by Fusarium graminearum Schwabe. Several mycotoxins are produced by FHB infectio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biological Response of Plants to Environmental Changes)
  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,305 Views
27 Pages

Arms Race between the Host and Pathogen Associated with Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat

  • Chunhong Hu,
  • Peng Chen,
  • Xinhui Zhou,
  • Yangchen Li and ,
  • Keshi Ma,
  • Shumei Li,
  • Huaipan Liu and
  • Lili Li
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

23 July 2022

Fusarium head blight (FHB), or scab, caused by Fusarium species, is an extremely destructive fungal disease in wheat worldwide. In recent decades, researchers have made unremitting efforts in genetic breeding and control technology related to FHB and...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Plant, Algae and Fungi Cell Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,038 Views
17 Pages

Mass Selection for Reduced Deoxynivalenol Concentration Using an Optical Sorter in SRW Wheat

  • W. Jesse Carmack,
  • Anthony J. Clark,
  • Yanhong Dong and
  • David A. Van Sanford

28 November 2019

Fusarium head blight (FHB) of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) results in discolored Fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) contaminated with deoxynivalenol (DON). DON accumulation, a primary measure of FHB resistance, can be used as a basis for selection, but t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wheat Breeding: Procedures and Strategies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,524 Views
15 Pages

5 March 2015

A total of 122 wheat varieties obtained from the Nordic Genetic Resource Center were infected artificially with an aggressive Fusariumasiaticum strain in a field experiment. We calculated the severity of Fusarium head blight (FHB) and determined the...

(This article belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,195 Views
13 Pages

Mycotoxin DON Accumulation in Wheat Grains Caused by Fusarium Head Blight Are Significantly Subjected to Inoculation Methods

  • Limei Xian,
  • Yuhui Zhang,
  • Yi Hu,
  • Suqin Zhu and ,
  • Zhuo Wen,
  • Chen Hua,
  • Lei Li,
  • Zhengxi Sun and
  • Tao Li
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

15 June 2022

The disease severity and mycotoxin DON content in grains caused by fusarium head blight (FHB) have been two prioritized economical traits in wheat. Reliable phenotyping is a prerequisite for genetically improving wheat resistances to these two traits...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Occurrence and Integrated Management of Mycotoxins)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,239 Views
17 Pages

Exploration of Genomic Regions Associated with Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat and Development and Validation of Kompetitive Allele-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction Markers

  • Pengbo Song,
  • Yueyue Li,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Xiaoxiao Wang and ,
  • Aoyan Zhang,
  • Zitan Wang,
  • Wensha Zhao,
  • Haoyang Li,
  • Huiling Zhao and
  • Daojie Sun
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium graminearum, is a globally significant disease that severely impacts the yield and quality of wheat. Breeding resistant wheat varieties using resistance genes is the most cost-effective strategy for mana...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,978 Views
25 Pages

31 December 2020

In 2009, a set of 35 cultivars of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) Husn.) of Italian origin was screened for fusarium head blight (FHB) susceptibility at CIMMYT (Mexico) and in the 2019–20 cropping season, 16 of these cult...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Challenge of Coping with Globally and Locally Emerging Fungal and Oomycetes Plant Pathogens)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,493 Views
16 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of RNA/DNA Differences Associated with Fusarium graminearum Infection in Wheat

  • Guang Yang,
  • Yan Pan,
  • Qinlong Zhao,
  • Jiaqian Huang and ,
  • Wenqiu Pan,
  • Licao Cui,
  • Weining Song,
  • Therese Ouellet,
  • Youlian Pan and
  • Xiaojun Nie
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

RNA/DNA difference (RDD) is a post-transcriptional modification playing a crucial role in regulating diverse biological processes in eukaryotes. Although it has been extensively studied in plant chloroplast and mitochondria genomes, RDDs in plant nuc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wheat Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
7,823 Views
18 Pages

Changes in the Fusarium Head Blight Complex of Malting Barley in a Three-Year Field Experiment in Italy

  • Giovanni Beccari,
  • Antonio Prodi,
  • Francesco Tini,
  • Umberto Bonciarelli and ,
  • Andrea Onofri,
  • Souheib Oueslati,
  • Marwa Limayma and
  • Lorenzo Covarelli
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

29 March 2017

In this study, conducted for three years on eleven malting barley varieties cultivated in central Italy, the incidence of different mycotoxigenic fungal genera, the identification of the Fusarium species associated with the Fusarium Head Blight (FHB)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,633 Views
30 Pages

Boosting Immunity and Management against Wheat Fusarium Diseases by a Sustainable, Circular Nanostructured Delivery Platform

  • Sara Francesconi,
  • Riccardo Ronchetti,
  • Emidio Camaioni,
  • Stefano Giovagnoli and ,
  • Francesco Sestili,
  • Samuela Palombieri and
  • Giorgio Mariano Balestra
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 March 2023

Fusarium head blight (FHB) and Fusarium crown rot (FCR) are managed by the application of imidazole fungicides, which will be strictly limited by 2030, as stated by the European Green Deal. Here, a novel and eco-sustainable nanostructured particle fo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Pathogenesis and Disease Control in Crops)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,477 Views
15 Pages

Identification and Expressional Analysis of siRNAs Responsive to Fusarium graminearum Infection in Wheat

  • Kai Fu,
  • Qianhui Wu,
  • Ning Jiang,
  • Sijia Hu and ,
  • Hongyan Ye,
  • Yi Hu,
  • Lei Li,
  • Tao Li and
  • Zhengxi Sun
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

6 November 2023

The outbreak of Fusarium head blight (FHB) poses a serious threat to wheat production as it leads to both significant yield losses and accumulation of several mycotoxins including deoxynivalenol (DON) in the grains, which are harmful to human and liv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wheat Genetics and Genomics 2.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,644 Views
17 Pages

Development and Characterization of Wheat-Thinopyrum elongatum 1B-1E Translocation Lines with Fusarium Head Blight Resistance

  • Can Wang,
  • Zixuan Liu,
  • Xingwen Wang,
  • Xiaoni Wang and ,
  • Xinyue Guo,
  • Haitong He,
  • Aiping Wang,
  • Yaping Cao and
  • Wei Zhang
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

13 December 2025

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating disease of wheat (Triticum aestivum) globally. Utilizing resistance genes from wild relatives like Thinopyrum elongatum offers a promising approach for genetic improvement. We introgressed FHB resistance fr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technologies, Applications and Innovations in Plant Genetics Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,889 Views
18 Pages

Modeling Risk in Fusarium Head Blight and Yield Analysis in Five Winter Wheat Production Regions of Hungary

  • Angela Anda,
  • Brigitta Simon-Gáspár,
  • Szabina Simon,
  • Gábor Soós and
  • László Menyhárt

The five-year mean yield of five Hungarian wheat production counties was 5.59 t ha−1 with a 7.02% average coefficient of variation. There was a regional effect on yield when progressing from south to north with a 1–2 °C higher mean wi...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,499 Views
25 Pages

Hyperspectral Imaging and Selected Biological Control Agents for the Management of Fusarium Head Blight in Spring Wheat

  • Martin E. G. Rieker,
  • Maximilian A. Lutz,
  • Abbas El-Hasan,
  • Stefan Thomas and
  • Ralf T. Voegele

11 October 2023

Fusarium spp. are important pathogens on cereals, capable of causing considerable yield losses and significantly reducing the quality of harvested grains due to contamination with mycotoxins. The European Union intends to reduce the use of chemical-s...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,755 Views
10 Pages

Analysis of the Masked Metabolite of Deoxynivalenol and Fusarium Resistance in CIMMYT Wheat Germplasm

  • Hiroyuki Nakagawa,
  • Xinyao He,
  • Yosuke Matsuo,
  • Pawan K. Singh and
  • Masayo Kushiro

29 July 2017

Fusarium head blight (FHB) causes significant grain loss and contamination of grains with harmful mycotoxins, especially deoxynivalenol (DON). Fusarium resistance and DON accumulation have been extensively investigated in various cultivars; however,...

(This article belongs to the Collection Understanding Mycotoxin Occurrence in Food and Feed Chains)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,420 Views
15 Pages

Development and Molecular Cytogenetic Identification of Two Wheat-Aegilops geniculata Roth 7Mg Chromosome Substitution Lines with Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight, Powdery Mildew and Stripe Rust

  • Xiaoying Yang,
  • Maoru Xu,
  • Yongfu Wang,
  • Xiaofang Cheng and ,
  • Chenxi Huang,
  • Hong Zhang,
  • Tingdong Li,
  • Changyou Wang,
  • Chunhuan Chen and
  • Wanquan Ji
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Fusarium head blight (Fhb), powdery mildew, and stripe rust are major wheat diseases globally. Aegilops geniculata Roth (UgUgMgMg, 2n = 4x = 28), a wild relative of common wheat, is valuable germplasm of disease resistance for wheat improvement and b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Plant Molecular Science in China 2022)
  • Article
  • Open Access
802 Views
19 Pages

Hyperspectral (HS) analysis was used to measure the dynamics of Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease severity on panicles of three oat cultivars, ‘Husky’, ‘Ivory’, and ‘Lelde’, under greenhouse conditions. Inoculatio...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,483 Views
22 Pages

Suppression of Fusarium graminearum and Mycotoxin Mitigation in Durum Wheat by Trichoderma harzianum ITEM 3636

  • Jessica Erazo,
  • Paula Vanella,
  • Juan Palazzini,
  • Silvana Plem and ,
  • Adriana M. Torres and
  • Sofía A. Palacios
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

3 August 2026

Durum wheat is highly susceptible to Fusarium head blight (FHB), a severe fungal disease caused primarily by Fusarium graminearum. FHB affects durum wheat production by causing significant yield losses and grain contamination with mycotoxins such as...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research Progress of Beneficial Microorganisms in Controlling Crop Pathogens)
  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
9,528 Views
15 Pages

Update on the Basic Understanding of Fusarium graminearum Virulence Factors in Common Wheat Research

  • Zeeshan Ali Buttar,
  • Mengquan Cheng,
  • Panqin Wei,
  • Ziwei Zhang and ,
  • Chunlei Lv,
  • Chenjia Zhu,
  • Nida Fatima Ali,
  • Guozhang Kang,
  • Daowen Wang and
  • Kunpu Zhang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

22 April 2024

Wheat is one of the most important food crops, both in China and worldwide. Wheat production is facing extreme stresses posed by different diseases, including Fusarium head blight (FHB), which has recently become an increasingly serious concerns. FHB...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fungus and Plant Interactions, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,993 Views
27 Pages

Metabolomic Aspects of Conservative and Resistance-Related Elements of Response to Fusarium culmorum in the Grass Family

  • Anna Piasecka,
  • Aneta Sawikowska,
  • Natalia Witaszak,
  • Agnieszka Waśkiewicz and ,
  • Marta Kańczurzewska,
  • Joanna Kaczmarek and
  • Justyna Lalak-Kańczugowska
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

13 October 2022

Background: Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a serious fungal disease affecting crop plants, causing substantial yield reductions and the production of mycotoxins in the infected grains. Achieving progress in the breeding of crops with increased resista...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Profiling of Secondary Metabolites with Mass Spectroscopy-Based Methods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,446 Views
13 Pages

Transfer of the Resistance to Multiple Diseases from a Triticum-Secale-Thinopyrum Trigeneric Hybrid to Ningmai 13 and Yangmai 23 Wheat Using Specific Molecular Markers and GISH

  • Yi Dai,
  • Juntao Shi,
  • Jinfeng Li,
  • Yujiao Gao and ,
  • Haigang Ma,
  • Yonggang Wang,
  • Baotong Wang,
  • Jianmin Chen,
  • Peng Cheng and
  • Hongxiang Ma
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

12 December 2022

The middle to lower reaches of the Yangtze River are China’s second largest area for wheat production; wheat disease is more serious there than in other areas because of the high humidity and warm weather. However, most cultivated varieties are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetics Studies on Wheat)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,323 Views
18 Pages

Comparative Enzymatic and Gene Expression Responses in Wheat to DON- and NIV-Producing Fusarium Species

  • Gabriela da Rocha Lemos Mendes,
  • Paulo Cesar Pazdiora,
  • Vivian Ebeling Viana,
  • Leandro José Dallagnol and ,
  • Laura Christina Calgaro,
  • Glacy Jaqueline da Silva,
  • Emerson Medeiros Del Ponte and
  • Antônio Costa de Oliveira
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

16 August 2025

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major threat to wheat production that is caused by toxigenic species of the Fusarium graminearum complex. This study aimed to investigate the biochemical and molecular defense responses of Brazilian wheat genotypes (BR...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanisms of Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation Underlying Plant Resistance)
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  • Open Access
1,424 Views
24 Pages

EffiFormer-CGS: Deep Learning Framework for Automated Quantification of Fusarium Spore Germination

  • Ziheng Wang,
  • Xuehui Bai,
  • Tao Cheng,
  • Ziyu Ding and ,
  • Dong Han,
  • Dongyan Zhang,
  • Shiying Xie,
  • Tianyi Guo,
  • Xue Yang and
  • Chunyan Gu
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused mainly by the Fusarium graminearum species complex, is a devastating cereal disease associated with yield losses and mycotoxin contamination. Early infection is closely linked to spore germination and germ tube elon...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Protection, Diseases, Pests and Weeds)
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  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,633 Views
25 Pages

Modelling the Effects of Weather Conditions on Cereal Grain Contamination with Deoxynivalenol in the Baltic Sea Region

  • Katarzyna Marzec-Schmidt,
  • Thomas Börjesson,
  • Skaidre Suproniene,
  • Małgorzata Jędryczka and ,
  • Sigita Janavičienė,
  • Tomasz Góral,
  • Ida Karlsson,
  • Yuliia Kochiieru,
  • Piotr Ochodzki and
  • Kristin Piikki
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

20 October 2021

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most serious diseases of small-grain cereals worldwide, resulting in yield reduction and an accumulation of the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) in grain. Weather conditions are known to have a significant effec...

(This article belongs to the Section Mycotoxins)
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  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,664 Views
23 Pages

Genome-wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction for Fusarium graminearum Resistance Traits in Nordic Oat (Avena sativa L.)

  • Hanna Haikka,
  • Outi Manninen,
  • Juho Hautsalo,
  • Leena Pietilä and ,
  • Marja Jalli and
  • Merja Veteläinen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 January 2020

Fusarium head blight (FHB) and the accumulation of deoxynivalenol (DON) mycotoxin induced by Fusarium graminearum and other Fusarium fungi cause serious problems for oat production in the Nordic region (Scandinavia, Fennoscandia). Besides toxin accum...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Breeding Healthy Cereals: Genetic Improvement of Fusarium Resistance)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,517 Views
23 Pages

24 February 2023

Wheat infections caused by Fusarium represent a global agricultural problem that reduces grain yield and negatively impacts wheat’s technological and rheological quality. Although fungal proteases or an increase in endogenous proteases due to F...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Treatment and Management of Fusarium Disease in Wheat)
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  • Open Access
34 Citations
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15 Pages

Deoxynivalenol-3-Glucoside Content Is Highly Associated with Deoxynivalenol Levels in Two-Row Barley Genotypes of Importance to Canadian Barley Breeding Programs

  • James R. Tucker,
  • Ana Badea,
  • Richard Blagden,
  • Kerri Pleskach and ,
  • Sheryl A. Tittlemier and
  • W. G. Dilantha Fernando
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5 June 2019

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is a multipurpose crop that can be harvested as grain or cut prior to maturity for use as forage. Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating disease of barley that reduces quality of grain. FHB can also result in the accu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 2nd MycoKey International Conference - Integrated Solutions for Mycotoxin Management)
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6 Citations
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14 Pages

Molecular and Cytological Identification of Wheat-Thinopyrum intermedium Partial Amphiploid Line 92048 with Resistance to Stripe Rust and Fusarium Head Blight

  • Xiaoqin Luo,
  • Yuanjiang He,
  • Xianli Feng,
  • Min Huang and ,
  • Kebing Huang,
  • Xin Li,
  • Suizhuang Yang and
  • Yong Ren
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25 April 2024

Thinopyrum intermedium (2n = 6x = 42, EeEeEbEbStSt or JJJsJsStSt) contains a large number of genes that are highly adaptable to the environment and immune to a variety of wheat diseases, such as powdery mildew, rust, and yellow dwarf, making it an im...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance in Plants)
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12 Pages

Most studies of Fusarium head blight (FHB) focused on wheat infection at anthesis. Less is known about infections at later stages. In this study, the effect of infection timing on the development of FHB and the distribution of fungal biomass and deox...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Microbe Interactions)
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2 Citations
884 Views
26 Pages

Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium graminearum, is a devastating wheat disease leading to significant yield loss and mycotoxin contamination. This study elucidated the biocontrol mechanism of Bacillus velezensis 20507 fermentation broth a...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Microbiology and Immunology)
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11 Citations
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29 Pages

In resistance tests to Fusarium head blight (FHB), the mixing of inocula before inoculation is normal, but no information about the background of mixing was given. Therefore, four experiments (2013–2015) were made with four independent isolates...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fusarium: Mycotoxins, Taxonomy and Pathogenicity)
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21 Pages

Mapping Resistance to Argentinean Fusarium (Graminearum) Head Blight Isolates in Wheat

  • Carolina Sgarbi,
  • Ismael Malbrán,
  • Luciana Saldúa,
  • Gladys Albina Lori and ,
  • Ulrike Lohwasser,
  • Mian Abdur Rehman Arif,
  • Andreas Börner,
  • Marcos Yanniccari and
  • Ana Maria Castro
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20 December 2021

Fusarium head blight (FHB) of wheat, caused by Fusarium graminearum (Schwabe), is a destructive disease worldwide, reducing wheat yield and quality. To accelerate the improvement of scab tolerance in wheat, we assessed the International Triticeae Map...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetics and Breeding of Wheat 2.0)
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18 Pages

16 January 2018

Fusarium culmorum is one of the species causing Fusarium head blight (FHB) in cereals in Europe. We aimed to investigate the association between the nucleotide diversity of ten F. culmorum candidate genes and field ratings of aggressiveness in winter...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genomic Data in Pathogenic Fungi)

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