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Fusarium Head Blight     Latest Monitoring Results
Traditionally, there have been five major species of Fusarium responsible for fusarium head blight (FHB) on wheat in the UK: Fusarium avenaceum (Gibberella avenacea), Fusarium culmorum, Fusarium graminearum (Gibberella zeae), Fusarium poae and Microdochium nivale (Monographella nivalis formerly Fusarium nivale). New species F. langsethiae has recently been described which causes a discrete lesion on the glume similar to that casued by F. poae. Each species is capable of infecting a crop on an individual basis or as part of a complex of species.
 
 
 
 

 
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