Abstract
Fusarium pseudograminearum and Fusarium graminearum commonly cause crown rot (FCR) and head blight (FHB) in wheat, respectively. Disease infection and spread can be reduced by the deployment of resistant cultivars or through management practices that limit inoculum load. Plants deficient in micronutrients, including zinc, tend to be more susceptible to many diseases. On the other hands, and zinc deficiency in cereals is widespread in Australian soils. Zinc deficiency may have particular relevance to crown rot, the most important and damaging Fusarium disease of wheat and barley in Australia. Four wheat genotypes; Batavia, Sunco and two lines from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) were tested for response to FHB and FCR under differing levels of Zn,1 and 2 g/kg and its correlation with disease severity. Sunco and CIMMYT line 146 were previously rated resistant to crown rot and Zn efficient. Zn application 2 g/kg soil enhanced resistance to FCR of the disease susceptible and Zn in-efficient in Batavia and 48 as its recorded 0.75 and 0.5 respectively compared to Sunco and CIMMYT line 146 as it recorded 0.2 and 0.3 respectively, but did not increase resistance to FHB. However, Zn application did enhance the resistance of Zn efficient genotypes to FHB. Results suggest that higher levels of Zn fertilization could reduce the expression of Fusarium diseases in wheat.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc at 2 g/kg soil enhanced crown-rot resistance in Batavia.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Material
- Bataviae0
- Treatment
- Zn application 2 g/kg soile0
- Interactor
- Fusarium pseudograminearumFusarium pseudograminearume1pathogen
- Outcome
- resistance to FCRe0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“wheat”
e0“Zn application 2 g/kg soil enhanced resistance to FCR of the disease susceptible and Zn in-efficient in Batavia and 48”
e1“Fusarium pseudograminearum and Fusarium graminearum commonly cause crown rot (FCR) and head blight (FHB) in wheat, respectively.”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc at 2 g/kg soil enhanced crown-rot resistance in line 48.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Material
- 48e0
- Treatment
- Zn application 2 g/kg soile0
- Interactor
- Fusarium pseudograminearumFusarium pseudograminearume1pathogen
- Outcome
- resistance to FCRe0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“wheat”
e0“Zn application 2 g/kg soil enhanced resistance to FCR of the disease susceptible and Zn in-efficient in Batavia and 48”
e1“Fusarium pseudograminearum and Fusarium graminearum commonly cause crown rot (FCR) and head blight (FHB) in wheat, respectively.”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc application did not increase head-blight resistance in the zinc-inefficient genotypes.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- Zn applicatione2
- Interactor
- Fusarium graminearum
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Fusarium graminearume1pathogen - Outcome
- resistance to FHBe0
- Direction
- did not increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“wheat”
e0“but did not increase resistance to FHB.”
e1“Fusarium pseudograminearum and Fusarium graminearum commonly cause crown rot (FCR) and head blight (FHB) in wheat, respectively.”
e2“Zn application 2 g/kg soil enhanced resistance to FCR”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc application enhanced head-blight resistance in zinc-efficient genotypes.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- Zn applicatione0
- Interactor
- Fusarium graminearumFusarium graminearume1pathogen
- Outcome
- resistance of Zn efficient genotypes to FHBe0
- Direction
- enhancee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“wheat”
e0“Zn application did enhance the resistance of Zn efficient genotypes to FHB.”
e1“Fusarium pseudograminearum and Fusarium graminearum commonly cause crown rot (FCR) and head blight (FHB) in wheat, respectively.”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher zinc fertilization could reduce Fusarium disease expression in wheat.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Outcome
- higher levels of Zn fertilization could reduce the expression of Fusarium diseasese0
FusariumOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“higher levels of Zn fertilization could reduce the expression of Fusarium diseases in wheat.”
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