Very close up shot of wheat crop ears in field

Fusarium Head Blight - Latest Monitoring Results

Close up of wheat crop 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.

Monitoring

Epidemiology

Control