Establishing the impact of Fusarium culmorum infection and fungicide treatment on wheat malt quality

摘要

The objectives of this study were to investigate the impact of Fusarium culmorum infectionand fungicide application on malt quality of two domestic wheat genotypes,Lucija and Osk.110/09. Wheat genotypes were subjected to four different field treatments:controlatural conditions (1), fungicide treatment (2), inoculated with F. culmorumspores and treated with fungicide (3), and inoculated with F. culmorum spores(4). Lucija was a less susceptible genotype to Fusarium infection, in contrast toOsk.110/09, which showed off as more susceptible genotype. Standard malting procedurefor wheat malt was implemented followed by quality and mycotoxins analysis.Results indicated that malt quality varied, depending on the genotype and appliedtreatment, but overall conclusions indicate that genotype Lucija is more appropriatefor malting, and fungicide treatment efficiently improved malt quality.