Whitened kernel surface: A fast and reliable method for assessing fusarium severity on cereal grains by digital picture analysis
2019
Ollier, Marine | Talle, Vincent | Brisset, Anne-Laure | Le Bihan, Zoe | Duerr, Simon | Lemmens, Marc | Goudemand, Ellen | Robert, Olivier | Hilbert, Jean-Louis | Buerstmayr, Hermann | Institut Charles Viollette (ICV) - EA 7394 (ICV) ; Université d'Artois (UA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture-Université de Lille | Department IFA-Tulln ; Universität für Bodenkultur Wien = University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences [Vienne, Autriche] (BOKU) | Florimond Desprez
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a cereal disease of major importance responsible for yield losses and mycotoxin contaminations in grains. Here, we introduce a new measurement approach to quantify FHB severity on grains based on the evaluation of the whitened kernel surface (WKS) using digital image analysis. The applicability of WKS was assessed on two bread wheat and one triticale grain sample sets (265 samples). Pearson correlation coefficients between Fusarium-damaged kernels (FDK) and WKS range from r = 0.77 to r = 0.81 and from r = 0.61 to r = 0.86 for the correlation between deoxynivalenol (DON) content and WKS. This new scoring method facilitates fast and reliable assessment of the resistance to kernel infection and shows significant correlation with mycotoxin content. WKS can be automated and does not suffer from the "human factor" inherent to visual scorings. As a low-cost and fast approach, this method appears particularly attractive for breeding and genetic analysis of FHB resistance where typically large numbers of experimental lines need to be evaluated, and for which WKS is suggested as an alternative to visual FDK scorings.
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