Fusarium Head Blight and Crown Rot on Wheat & Barley: Losses and Health Risks

By O. Matny. 2015

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Crown rot (FCR) caused by many kinds of Fusarium spp as F. pseudograminearum and F. culmorum is a common pathogen to FCR while F. grarnineurm group I, F. crookwellense, F. avenaceum and F. nivale [3-6]. FCR disease infect the stem base of wheat and barley causing necrosis and dry rot of the crown bases always brown, often extending up 2-4 nodes, basal stem and root tissue commonly known as crown rot [7]. Whitehead formation is most severe in seasons with a wet start and dry climates, pinkish fungal growth may form on lower nodes especially during moist weather (Figure 1).

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