Phytopathology (2000) 90, 17-21

Carol E. Windels (2000)
Economic and social impacts of Fusarium head blight: Changing farms and rural communities in the Northern Great Plains
Phytopathology 90 (1), 17-21
Abstract: Fusarium head blight can be a devastating disease on all classes of wheat and barley. Among the species of Fusarium that cause scab, F. graminearum is the predominant pathogen. Wheat and barley are highly susceptible to infection when the crop is in the flowering to soft dough stages and when weather includes frequent precipitation, high humidity, or heavy dews. The disease can cause reduced yields, discolored and shriveled kernels, depressed seed weights, and reduced seed quality and vigor. The mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON, commonly known as vomitoxin) also can be produced by F. graminearum on infected grain. Grain contaminated with DON often is unsuitable for flour, cereals, or malt and is too toxic as feed for nonruminant animals. The review covers distribution of the disease in North America, and different aspects of the losses the disease causes to farmers in north-central U.S.A.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
damage/losses/economics
review

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Fusarium graminearum	Barley (Hordeum vulgare)	U.S.A. (mid N)
	Fusarium graminearum	Wheat (Triticum)	U.S.A. (mid N)