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Fusarium graminearum on Zea mays

  • Credits / Owner: Nicole Calliou , SGS
  • Submission date: 2024-06-12 15:32:48
  • Submission ID: #3

Pathogen

Scientific name

Fusarium graminearum

Genus

Fusarium

EPPO code

GIBBZE

Common name

Fusarium Head Blight

Synonyms

Gibberella zeae

Crop

Zea mays

More about Fusarium graminearum

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Description

A salmon pink colony, with canoe-shaped spores and an obvious foot cell (5-7 septae)


Sterilant: 1% NaOCl
Sterilant time: 4 min
Growth time: 5 days
Lighting: 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 2 ft of light
Agar: PDA
Agar brand: Neogen
Sample origin: Canada