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Fusarium graminearum on Cenchrus americanus

  • Credits / Owner: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada
  • Submission date: 2024-06-28 21:11:12
  • Submission ID: #63
<em>Fusarium graminearum</em> on <em>Cenchrus americanus</em>
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Fusarium graminearum on Cenchrus americanus

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada

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<em>Fusarium graminearum</em> on <em>Cenchrus americanus</em>
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Fusarium graminearum on Cenchrus americanus

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada

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<em>Fusarium graminearum</em> on <em>Cenchrus americanus</em>
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Fusarium graminearum on Cenchrus americanus

Image credits: Nicole Calliou, SGS Canada

perspective: spores / magnification: 400X

Symptoms of Fusarium Head Blight / Fusarium graminearum on Cenchrus americanus

Pathogen

Scientific name

Fusarium graminearum
Genus

Fusarium
EPPO code

GIBBZE
Common name

Fusarium Head Blight
Synonyms

Gibberella zeae
Crop

Cenchrus americanus
More about Fusarium graminearum

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Description

Typical pink F. graminearum colony from millet seed. Spores are naviculate with 5 septate and well developed foot cell.

Sterilant: 1% NaOCl
Sterilant time: 4 min
Growth time: 5 days
Lighting: 3:1 (fluorescent:nUV), within 60cm of light. Alternating light/dark in 12 hr intervals
Agar: PDA
Agar brand: Neogen
Sample origin: Canada