Background: Although silicon (Si) has been referred as an essential element for controlling destructive diseases of wheat, available data are limited about enhancing adult wheat resistance against Fusarium causing head blight. Also, no reports seem to exist on the use Si reduce seedling blight (FSB) young parts in vitro . Under conditions, infection happened at stage cannot be called blight, be...

Despite intensive research, efforts to control Fusarium fungal infections and prevent or eliminate the presence of its mycotoxins in foods have not met with a great deal of success. Fusaria cause diseases, such as ear rot in corn and head blight and scab in wheat, that affect growth and yield of crops and were estimated to cause a loss of a billion dollars to wheat farmers in the USA in 1993. I...

Thirty-seven isolates of Fusarium graminearum species complexobtained from wheat heads with Fusarium head blight symptoms were selected and used for phylogenetic studies. They were collected from different localities of Moghan plain (Ardebil province, Iran). Partial sequences of translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF), putative reductase (RED) and UTP-ammonia ligase (URA) genes were amplifi...

This is a report of research to test the impact fungicide and management on wheat yield quality. Fusarium head blight (FHB), or scab, persistent problem in production, especially high rainfall areas such as eastern Kansas. Two cultivars winter varying FHB sensitivity (Everest, moderately resistant, KanMark, susceptible) were tested for control using treatments made seed prior planting plant at ...