Breeding winter wheat for resistance to Fusarium head scab at the Krasnodar Research Institute of Agriculture

摘要

The infection of wheat by Fusarium head scab in the Krasnodar territory and northern Caucasus has been documented since the 1930s. However, it was found sporadically and chiefly in the piedmont zone. Therefore, no purposeful research for breeding of varieties resistant to this pathogen were undertaken. The spread of Fusarium and its damage to the wheat crop have considerably increased since 1985. The heaviest grain losses were observed in 1987, 1988, and 1992, when epidemics occurred.