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Volume 24, No. (6), 2014 (December)
Chemotyping of the Fusarium graminearum Isolates and Variation in Aggressiveness against Wheat Heads
F. Mert-Türk1*, R. Gencer1, F. and Kahriman2

F. Mert-Türk1*, R. Gencer1, F. and Kahriman2

1Plant Protection Dept.,

2Crop Science Dept. Agricultural Faculty, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17100, Çanakkale, Turkey

Corresponding Author: figen.turk@hotmail.com
DOI: NA
Page Number(s): 1858-1862
Published Online First: December 01, 2014
Publication Date: December 01, 2014
ABSTRACT

Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused mainly by Fusarium graminearum, is a devastating disease of wheat and other small grain cereals. FHB lowers grain yield and quality, and contaminates grain with mycotoxins, predominantly trichotecenes i.e nivalenol (NIV), deoxynivalenol (DON). A survey conducted at three Provinces in Turkey for FHB and 17 isolates were identified as F. graminearum using morphological and molecular markers. A PCR assay was carried out to identify the chemotypes of the isolates. Using Tri13 gene cluster, all 17 isolates that were identified to 15-AcDON type of DON chemotype. None of the isolates displayed 3-ADON or NIV chemotypes. In order to assess variation in aggressiveness among isolates, all isolates were inoculated to a susceptible wheat spikes at field conditions and disease severity and a thousand kernel weight were measured. Aggressiveness (measured as FHB severity or TKW) differed significantly among 17 F. graminearum isolates inoculated onto wheat spikes of FHB susceptible cultivar Gönen (P=0,05). Means of FHB severity ranged from 39.75 to 86.33%, averaging 63.29% in total. Reduction in TKW was also reduced significantly by different isolates. Differences in aggressiveness among isolates may due to genetic recombination, mutation or selection in the surveyed area.

Keywords: Fusarium graminearum, mycotoxins, chemotypes, DON, NIV, pathogenicity, aggressiveness
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