Detection of Fusarium graminearum in wheat grains in Western Australia

D. G. Wright; G. J. Thomas; R. Loughman; J. Fuso-Nyarko; S. Bullock

doi:10.1071/DN10029

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Detection of Fusarium graminearum in wheat grains in Western Australia

D. G. Wright ^A ^D , G. J. Thomas ^A , R. Loughman ^A , J. Fuso-Nyarko ^B and S. Bullock ^C

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^A Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Locked Bag 4, Bentley Delivery Centre, Perth, WA 6983, Australia.

^B WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Perth, WA 6150, Australia.

^C Plant Disease Diagnostic Unit, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

^D Corresponding author. Email: dominie.wright@agric.wa.gov.au

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 5(1) 82-84 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN10029
Submitted: 9 July 2010 Accepted: 16 July 2010 Published: 28 July 2010

Abstract

Shrivelled, bleached wheat grain detected by bulk grain handlers during quality checks was submitted to AGWEST Plant Laboratories, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia. Fusarium graminearum was detected. Further testing of the wheat grain delivered to bulk silos found other Fusarium spp. associated with the grain samples. This is the first record of F. graminearum in wheat grains in Western Australia.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all regional and metro-based staff of DAFWA involved in the collection of samples during the survey. We would also like to thank all technical staff involved in the processing of samples and the laborious work involved in the identification of the cultures.

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