Submission
Fusarium cerealis on Triticum spp.
- Credits / Owner: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada
- Submission date: 2024-07-30 16:15:01
- Submission ID: #92
Pathogen
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Scientific name
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Fusarium cerealis |
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Genus
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Fusarium |
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EPPO code
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FUSACW |
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Common name
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Head blight |
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Synonyms
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Fusarium crookwellense |
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Crop
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Triticum spp. |
Submission
Description
Fusarium crookwellense is often confused with F. culmorum (due to their growth habits, and wide spores), but the spores should have a distinct foot cell, that is absent with F. culmorum. Also, they tend to be 5-7 septate (not 2-5 septate like F. culmorum).
| Sterilant: | 1% NaOCl |
| Sterilant time: | 4 min |
| Growth time: | 5 days |
| Lighting: | 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 60cm of light. Alternating light/dark in 12 hr intervals |
| Agar: | PDA |
| Agar brand: | Neogen |
| Sample origin: | Canada |