Evaluation of Inoculation Methods for Determination of Winter Wheat Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight

One of the most severe winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) diseases is Fusarium head blight (FHB). It believed that selection for resistance to FHB better in high disease pressure environments, which various methods artificial inoculation are used. The standard spray method be technically demanding and labour intensive. Therefore, scattering Fusarium-infected maize stalks onto trial plots after emergence suggested as a suitable alternative. aim this study was compare mean values heritability visual rating index (VRI) percentage Fusarium-damaged kernels (FDK) between two abovementioned natural infection, determine phenotypic correlations three studied traits. achieved levels VRI FDK were comparable considerably lower under conditions. Heritability ranged over four years from 0.68 0.91 method, 0.73 0.95 infected stalks, 0.26 0.65 whereas it 0.56 0.85, 0.38 0.83, 0.11 0.44 methods, respectively. strong positive correlation applied traits suggests could serve reliable supplement labor-intensive inoculation.