Claim · model-written summary
F. graminearum growth rates decreased at the lowest chitosan dose on wheat.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume1 - Treatment
- lowest chitosan dose used (0.5 mg/g)e0
- Interactor
- F. graminearum
Fusarium graminearume0pathogene1 - Outcome
- Growth rates of F. graminearume0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Verbatim
e0“Growth rates of F. graminearum also decreased at the lowest chitosan dose used (0.5 mg/g)”
e1“F. graminearum, the main pathogen causing Fusarium head blight on wheat”
Title
Vanessa G. L. Zachetti; Eugenia Cendoya; María J. Nichea; et al. Pathogens 2019. doi:10.3390/pathogens8010029
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- Intervention effect Chitosan reduced deoxynivalenol production on maize and wheat grains.
- Intervention effect Chitosan reduced fumonisin production on maize and wheat grains.
- Intervention effect F. verticillioides growth was reduced at 0.98 aW and 2 mg/g chitosan on maize.
- Intervention effect F. proliferatum growth was reduced at 0.98 aW and 2 mg/g chitosan on maize.
- Recommendation The authors propose pre- and post-harvest chitosan use as an alternative.