The impact of cultivar resistance and fungicide treatment on mycotoxin content in grain and yield losses caused by Fusarium head blight in wheat
2010
Sip, V.,Vyzkumny Ustav Rostlinne Vyroby, Prague (Czech Republic) | Chrpova, J.,Vyzkumny Ustav Rostlinne Vyroby, Prague (Czech Republic) | Veskrna, O.,Vyzkumne Centrum SELTON, Stupice (Czech Republic) | Bobkova, L.,Vyzkumne Centrum SELTON, Stupice (Czech Republic)
Reactions to artificial infection with Fusarium graminearum isolates and a new fungicide Swing Top were studied in nine winter wheat cultivars evaluated in field experiments at two sites for three years for expression of symptoms, deoxynivalenol (DON) content in grain and grain yield. The results demonstrate a pronounced and relatively stable effect of cultivar resistance on reducing head blight, grain yield losses and contamination of grain by the mycotoxin DON. It is advantageous that the moderate level of resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB) was detected also in two commonly grown Czech cultivars Sakura and Simila. Average fungicide efficacy for DON was 49.5% and for yield loss 63.9%. However, the efficacy was highly variable in different years and sites. The joint effect of cultivar resistance and fungicide treatment was 86.5% for DON and even 95.4% for reducing the yield loss. A very high risk was documented for susceptible cultivars. The response of the other cultivars was highly variable in different environments.
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