Comparative studies about fungal colonization and deoxynivalenol translocation in barley plants inoculated at the base with Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium pseudograminearum

Fusarium crown rot (FCR), an important disease of wheat and barley, is mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum, F. culmorum and F. pseudograminearum, which are also responsible for mycotoxin production. This is the first comparative investigation of their colonization on barley plants after stem base...

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Main Authors: Pecoraro, F., Giannini, M., Beccari, G., Covarelli, Lorenzo, Filippini, G., Pisi, A., Nipoti, P., Prodi, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68107
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author Pecoraro, F.
Giannini, M.
Beccari, G.
Covarelli, Lorenzo
Filippini, G.
Pisi, A.
Nipoti, P.
Prodi, A.
author_facet Pecoraro, F.
Giannini, M.
Beccari, G.
Covarelli, Lorenzo
Filippini, G.
Pisi, A.
Nipoti, P.
Prodi, A.
author_sort Pecoraro, F.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Fusarium crown rot (FCR), an important disease of wheat and barley, is mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum, F. culmorum and F. pseudograminearum, which are also responsible for mycotoxin production. This is the first comparative investigation of their colonization on barley plants after stem base inoculation. At plant maturity, FCR symptoms were visually evaluated, fungal biomass was quantified by Real-Time quantitative PCR and deoxynivalenol (DON) was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). All the inoculated strains caused the typical FCR necrotic symptoms. Real-Time PCR analysis showed that F. graminearum and F. culmorum were present in the head tissues, while F. pseudograminearum colonized only up to the area including the second node of the stem. Conversely, DON was detected up to the head for all the three species. This study shows that, as already demonstrated in previous research for wheat, DON may be detected up to the head as a consequence of stem base infection by the three FCR agents.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-681072018-09-05T00:25:00Z Comparative studies about fungal colonization and deoxynivalenol translocation in barley plants inoculated at the base with Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium pseudograminearum Pecoraro, F. Giannini, M. Beccari, G. Covarelli, Lorenzo Filippini, G. Pisi, A. Nipoti, P. Prodi, A. Fusarium crown rot (FCR), an important disease of wheat and barley, is mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum, F. culmorum and F. pseudograminearum, which are also responsible for mycotoxin production. This is the first comparative investigation of their colonization on barley plants after stem base inoculation. At plant maturity, FCR symptoms were visually evaluated, fungal biomass was quantified by Real-Time quantitative PCR and deoxynivalenol (DON) was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). All the inoculated strains caused the typical FCR necrotic symptoms. Real-Time PCR analysis showed that F. graminearum and F. culmorum were present in the head tissues, while F. pseudograminearum colonized only up to the area including the second node of the stem. Conversely, DON was detected up to the head for all the three species. This study shows that, as already demonstrated in previous research for wheat, DON may be detected up to the head as a consequence of stem base infection by the three FCR agents. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68107 10.23986/afsci.67704 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Pecoraro, F.
Giannini, M.
Beccari, G.
Covarelli, Lorenzo
Filippini, G.
Pisi, A.
Nipoti, P.
Prodi, A.
Comparative studies about fungal colonization and deoxynivalenol translocation in barley plants inoculated at the base with Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium pseudograminearum
title Comparative studies about fungal colonization and deoxynivalenol translocation in barley plants inoculated at the base with Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium pseudograminearum
title_full Comparative studies about fungal colonization and deoxynivalenol translocation in barley plants inoculated at the base with Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium pseudograminearum
title_fullStr Comparative studies about fungal colonization and deoxynivalenol translocation in barley plants inoculated at the base with Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium pseudograminearum
title_full_unstemmed Comparative studies about fungal colonization and deoxynivalenol translocation in barley plants inoculated at the base with Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium pseudograminearum
title_short Comparative studies about fungal colonization and deoxynivalenol translocation in barley plants inoculated at the base with Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium pseudograminearum
title_sort comparative studies about fungal colonization and deoxynivalenol translocation in barley plants inoculated at the base with fusarium graminearum, fusarium culmorum and fusarium pseudograminearum
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68107