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SESSION 3: PATHOGENESIS – EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION<br />

GENETICS<br />

P54 - Fusarium Head Blight agents and mycotoxin<br />

contamination in barley kernels in Italy<br />

M. Giannini 1 , G. Beccari 2 , M. Montanari 3 , L. Ricci Vitiani 2 , L. Covarelli 2 , A.<br />

Prodi 1<br />

1 Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie (DIPSA), Università degli Studi di Bologna, Viale Fanin 46, 40127,<br />

Bologna, Italy, 2 Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Borgo<br />

XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy, 3 INRAN Settore Sementiero, Sezione di Bologna, Via Sicilia 2,<br />

40024 Osteria Grande, Bologna, Italy<br />

E-mail: marta.giannini2@unibo.it<br />

In 2011 in Italy about 8% <strong>of</strong> the whole surface planted with cereals was cultivated<br />

with barley, mainly intended, in order <strong>of</strong> importance, for livestock alimentation,<br />

malt industry and human food. Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) is a very important<br />

disease <strong>of</strong> wheat and barley worldwide which causes grain yield and quality<br />

reductions and that may lead to the accumulation <strong>of</strong> mycotoxins, secondary<br />

fungal metabolites that pose a serious health risk to humans and animals. The<br />

fungal species frequently associated with FHB <strong>of</strong> cereals in Europe are F.<br />

graminearum, F. culmorum and F. avenaceum, but in the last years particular<br />

importance has been given to Fusarium species belonging to the Sporotrichiella<br />

section such as F. poae and F. langsethiae, considered potential type A and B<br />

trichotechene producers.Thirty-five kernel samples <strong>of</strong> distic and polistic barley,<br />

hulless and covered, collected in Italy during 2011 in the Italian regions Emilia<br />

Romagna, Marche, Umbria and Lazio were analyzed for the presence <strong>of</strong> fungal<br />

species and for mycotoxin contamination. Pure cultures <strong>of</strong> Fusarium spp. were<br />

identified both morphologically by microscopy and molecularly by species-specific<br />

PCR assays. Furthermore, ELISA assays were performed on milled kernels for<br />

deoxynivalenol (DON) and T-2 toxin quantification. F. poae and F. tricinctum were<br />

the most detected species, followed by F. langsethiae, F. avenaceum, F.<br />

graminearum and F. equiseti. The high incidence <strong>of</strong> the first two species may<br />

justify the presence <strong>of</strong> T-2 toxin found in the grain. DON contamination was<br />

almost absent.<br />

Keywords: Fusarium, FHB, barley, T-2 toxin, deoxynivalenol<br />

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