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Fusarium cerealis on Triticum spp.

  • Credits / Owner: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada
  • Submission date: 2024-07-30 16:15:01
  • Submission ID: #92

Pathogen

Scientific name

Fusarium cerealis

Genus

Fusarium

EPPO code

FUSACW

Common name

Head blight

Synonyms

Fusarium crookwellense

Crop

Triticum spp.

More about Fusarium cerealis

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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