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Status of Fusarium Head Blight on Wheat Fields in Southwestern Ethiopia

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: The status of Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) was thoroughly assessed on 52 wheat fields from 5 districts within 3 zones of Oromia.The results showed that FHB was 93.9% prevalent with significantly varied incidences (among zones) and severity (among districts and zones).The highest incidence of 38.7 and 26.0% had been recorded in Buno-Bedele and Jimma zones.Correspondingly, the highest field-severity and FHB-index of 28.2 and 13.9% had been recorded in Buno-Bedele.Besides, the 2 mostly grown Danda'a and Digalu varieties were vulnerable to FHB sustaining 32.3 and 30.5% incidence, 21.8% and 21.7% field-severity, and 10.5% and 8.8% FHBindex.The variation in FHB intensity had influenced mainly by altitude, tillage frequency before sowing, and rainfall received during flowering to hard-dough stages.This study reveals evidence that FHB is becoming a potential disease to wheat in Southwestern Ethiopia (SWE).Thus, it demands an intervention to reduce its possible risk to wheat across SWE.

Source: Plant Pathology & Quarantine

DOI: 10.5943/ppq/11/1/17

Authors: M Kebede, G Adugna

Institutions: Jimma University, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research

Language: English

Topic: Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research