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Fusarium equiseti on Triticum spp.

Credits / Owner: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada
Submission date: 2024-06-28 15:32:15
Submission ID: #54

<em>Fusarium equiseti</em> on <em>Triticum spp.</em> — *Fusarium equiseti* on *Triticum spp.*
*Image credits: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada*
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Symptoms of Head blight, root rot / Fusarium equiseti on Triticum spp.

Pathogen

Scientific name	Fusarium equiseti
Genus	Fusarium
EPPO code	GIBBIN
Common name	Head blight, root rot
Synonyms	Gibberella intricans
Crop	Triticum spp.

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Description

Fluffy white to peach mycelium, with orange sporodochia in central mass at colony center. Spores are only 5 days old, and the 'tails' are not yet fully grown to their full length/whip-like, but are showing obvious tapering.

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