The ascomycete fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum (sexual stage: Gibberella zeae)
causes the devastating head blight or scab disease on wheat and barley, and cob or ear rot …

Gibberella and Fusarium Ear Rot and Fusarium Head Blight are major diseases affecting
European cereals. These diseases are mainly caused by fungi of the Fusarium genus …

Background Resistance in plants to pathogen attack can be qualitative or quantitative. For
the latter, hundreds of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) have been identified, but the mechanisms …

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major fungal disease that contributes to severe economic
losses for wheat and barley production in Canada and other parts of the world. Rapid …

Rosmarinic acid (RA) is an ester of caffeic acid and 3, 4-dihydroxyphenyllactic acid which is
one of the most frequently occurring caffeic acid esters in the plant kingdom besides …

Plants continuously encounter various environmental stresses and use qualitative and
quantitative measures to resist pathogen attack. Qualitative stress responses, based on …

Background Fusarium head blight (FHB) caused by Fusarium graminearum not only causes
severe losses in yield, but also reduces quality of wheat grain by accumulating mycotoxins …

Metabolomics attempts to answer questions that lie beyond the powers of genomics,
transcriptomics and proteomics to facilitate an understanding and assessment of the …

Fusarium graminearum is the causal agent of Fusarium head blight (FHB) and Gibberella
ear rot (GER), two devastating diseases of wheat, barley, and maize. Furthermore, F …

Today, the dramatic changes in types of food consumed have led to an increased burden of
chronic diseases. Therefore, the emphasis of food research is not only to ensure quality food …