Fusarium crookwellense

Fusarium crookwellense (syn. Fusarium cerealis)[1] is a species of fungus in the family Nectriaceae. It is known as a plant pathogen that infects agricultural crops.

Fusarium crookwellense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Nectriaceae
Genus: Fusarium
Species:
F. crookwellense
Binomial name
Fusarium crookwellense
L.W. Burgess, P.E. Nelson & Toussoun, (1982)

The fungus was first described in 1982 after it was found infecting potatoes in Australia.[2] It causes plant diseases such as corn ear rot and wheat head blight.[3] It has also been found on hops causing a necrotic blight on the cones.[4]

Like other species in genus Fusarium, this fungus produces mycotoxins. It is a source of nivalenol, 4-acetylnivalenol, and zearalenone.[5]

See also

References

  1. Fusarium crookwellense. MycoBank.
  2. Sugiura, Y., et al. (1993). Fusarium poae and Fusarium crookwellense, fungi responsible for the natural occurrence of nivalenol in Hokkaido. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 59(10) 3334-8.
  3. Glenn, A. E. (2007). Mycotoxigenic Fusarium species in animal feed. Animal Feed Science and Technology 137 213-40.
  4. Pethybridge, S. J., et al. (2001). First report of Fusarium crookwellense causing tip blight on cones of hop. Plant Disease 85(11) 1208.
  5. Sugiura, Y., et al. (1994). Fusarium crookwellense, a newly isolated fungus from wheat in Japan: Its mycotoxin production and pathogenicity to wheat and barley. Mycoscience 35 77-82.


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