Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 8.1
Important
Fusarium
diseases in major food crops
Pathogen
Host plant
Disease
Fusarium
spp.
Barley
Scab/head blight
Fusarium graminearum
Fusarium avenaceum
Fusarium culmorum
Fusarium nivale
Fusarium verticillioides
Corn
Kernel, root and stalk rot, seed rot, seedling blight
Fusarium avenaceum
Fusarium subglutinans
Fusarium graminearum
Fusarium culmorum
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium poae
Fusarium solani
Fusarium pallidoroseum
Fusarium verticillioides
Millets
Head mold/top rot
Fusarium
spp.
Fusarium verticillioides
Paddy
Root rots/seedling blight/bakanae disease
Fusarium fujikuroi
Fusarium proliferatum
Fusarium
spp
.
Fusarium verticillioides
Sorghum
Fusarium head blight, root and stalk rot
Fusarium
spp.
Fusarium subglutinans
Fusarium
spp.
Wheat
Crown rot/foot rot, seedling blight, root rot
Fusarium
pseudograminearum
Fusarium graminearum
Fusarium avenaceum
Fusarium culmorum
Fungal names according to http://www.indexfungorum.org/
and responsible approach to disease prevention as opposed to the indiscriminate
use of pesticides. The other environmentally sensible approach is to understand
and utilize the biotic and abiotic environment of the plant and develop sustainable
disease management strategies. However, the development of management strate-
gies requires in-depth knowledge and understanding of the plant-microbe intimate
interactions with one another in extremely complex environment leading to differ-
ent physiological changes within the plant. Further, more information generation
and knowledge is required to understand the resource utilization within the plant
upon the exposure to the pathogens. The resource management upon exposure to
disease in terms of prioritizing themselves for utilizing in defense mechanisms in-
stead of growth and development to develop the sustainable strategies to improve
upon health of plants and thus agriculture (Schenk et al.
2012
).
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