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Fusarium proliferatum causing head blight on oat in Hungary

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A Fusarium proliferatum strain isolated from diseased oat seeds was shown to be pathogenic on two oat cultivars. During the pathogenicity tests the fungus was re-isolated from the seeds, glumes and stem pieces of the inoculated oat plants. This is the first reported occurrence of F. proliferatum, a fumonisin producing species, as a causal agent of Fusarium head blight of oat in Hungary, and indeed Europe.

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I thank Árpád Szécsi for his valuable suggestions and Endre Tóth for technical assistance.

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Molnár, O. Fusarium proliferatum causing head blight on oat in Hungary. Eur J Plant Pathol 146, 699–703 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-016-0940-8

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