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Gewählte Publikation:
Buerstmayr, H; Lemmens, M.
(2015):
Breeding healthy cereals: genetic improvement of Fusarium resistance and consequences for mycotoxins
WORLD MYCOTOXIN J. 2015; 8(5): 591-602.
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- Abstract:
- Although it is generally agreed that increased genetic resistance to fungal colonisation by Fusarium head blight (FHB) should lead to reduced damage and particularly to reduced contamination due to mycotoxins, this review aims to highlight on this relation based on published literature in comparison to our own results. We focus here on the major cereal crop plants wheat and barley. Generally, correlations between measures for disease severity on the plants or the seeds and toxin content were found positive and significant. Breeding of new cultivars with reduced Fusarium disease severity will therefore lead to a correlated selection response in the direction of reduced toxin contamination, for the prevalent toxins such as deoxynivalenol, but also for less abundant mycotoxins and masked mycotoxins. Choosing resistant cultivars is possibly the best option for mycotoxin reduction right at the beginning of the cereal production chain: on the farmerxxxs field. Therefore, investment in breeding FHB resistant cultivars will contribute to sustainable reduction of the mycotoxin problems in the cereal production chain, and increase food and feed safety.
- Autor*innen der BOKU Wien:
- Bürstmayr Hermann
- Lemmens Marc
- Find related publications in this database (Keywords)
- Fusarium
- barley
- wheat
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