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Assessment and introduction of quantitative resistance to Fusarium head blight in elite spring barley.
Phytopathology - 1 Dec 2013
Linkmeyer A, Götz M, Hu L, Asam S, Rychlik M, Hausladen H, Hess M, Hückelhoven R
Abstract excerpt
Breeding for resistance is a key task to control Fusarium head blight (FHB), a devastating disease of small cereals leading to economic losses and grain contamination with mycotoxins harmful for humans and animals. In the present work, FHB resistance of the six-rowed spring barley 'Chevron' to FHB in Germany was compared with those of adapted German spring barley cultivars. Both under natural infection conditions...
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