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Fusarium graminearum on Zea mays

  • Credits / Owner: Nicole Calliou , SGS
  • Submission date: 2024-06-12 15:32:48
  • Submission ID: #3
<em>Fusarium graminearum</em> on <em>Zea mays</em>
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Fusarium graminearum on Zea mays

Image credits: Nicole Calliou , SGS

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<em>Fusarium graminearum</em> on <em>Zea mays</em>
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Fusarium graminearum on Zea mays

Image credits: Nicole Calliou , SGS

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<em>Fusarium graminearum</em> on <em>Zea mays</em>
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Fusarium graminearum on Zea mays

Image credits: Nicole Calliou , SGS

perspective: spores / magnification: 400x

Symptoms of Fusarium Head Blight / Fusarium graminearum on Zea mays

Pathogen

Scientific name

Fusarium graminearum
Genus

Fusarium
EPPO code

GIBBZE
Common name

Fusarium Head Blight
Synonyms

Gibberella zeae
Crop

Zea mays
More about Fusarium graminearum

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Description

A salmon pink colony, with canoe-shaped spores and an obvious foot cell (5-7 septae)

Sterilant: 1% NaOCl
Sterilant time: 4 min
Growth time: 5 days
Lighting: 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 2 ft of light
Agar: PDA
Agar brand: Neogen
Sample origin: Canada