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Canopy and ear traits associated with avoidance of Fusarium head blight in wheat

Jones, Stephen; Farooqi, Arifa; Foulkes, John; Sparkes, Debbie L.; Linforth, Robert; Ray, Rumiana V.

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Stephen Jones

Arifa Farooqi

Debbie L. Sparkes

Robert Linforth

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RUMIANA RAY RUMIANA.RAY@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Plant Pathology



Abstract

Doubled haploid and elite wheat genotypes were ground inoculated in three field experiments and head spray inoculated in two glasshouse experiments, using mixed Fusarium and Microdochium species, to identify crop canopy and ear traits associated with Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease. In all experiments, flag leaf length and tiller number were consistently identified as the most significant canopy traits contributing to progression of FHB caused by Fusarium. graminearum, F. culmorum and F. avenaceum. The influence of ear traits was greater for F. poae that may possess more diverse routes for transmission and spread. Consistently, spikelet density was associated with increased disease severity in the field. F. graminearum, F. culmorum and F. langsethiae were the main mycotoxin producers and their respective toxins were significantly related to fungal biomass and number of spikelets per ear. Genotypes with lower tiller numbers, shorter flag leaves and less dense ears maybe able to avoid FHB disease caused by F. graminearum, F. culmorum, F. avenaceum or Microdochium species, however selection for these canopy and ear architectural traits to enable disease avoidance in wheat is likely to result in a potential trade-off with grain yield and therefore only moderately advantageous in susceptible genotypes.

Citation

Jones, S., Farooqi, A., Foulkes, J., Sparkes, D. L., Linforth, R., & Ray, R. V. (2018). Canopy and ear traits associated with avoidance of Fusarium head blight in wheat. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, Article 1021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01021

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 22, 2018
Publication Date Jul 31, 2018
Deposit Date Jul 13, 2018
Publicly Available Date Aug 6, 2018
Journal Frontiers in Plant Science
Electronic ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher Frontiers Media
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Article Number 1021
DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01021
Keywords Fusarium head blight; Disease avoidance; Wheat; Ear and canopy traits; Pathogen DNA; Mycotoxins
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/941455
Publisher URL https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.01021/full
Contract Date Aug 6, 2018

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