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SESSION 3: PATHOGENESIS – EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION<br />
GENETICS<br />
P58 - Fusarium species associated with Head blight<br />
and Foot and Root Rot on durum wheat in Sardinia,<br />
Italy: Results from a 12- year survey<br />
V. Balmas 1 , A. Marcello 1 , G. Goddi 2 , B. Scherm 1 , B. Satta 2 and Q. Migheli 1<br />
1 Dipartimento di Agraria - Plant Pathology and Entomology Unit, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via<br />
E. De Nicola 9, I - 07100 Sassari, Italy; 2 Agenzia LAORE- Sardegna, Via Caprera 8, 09123 Cagliari,<br />
Italy<br />
E-mail: balmas@uniss.it<br />
Fusarium foot and root rot (FRR) and Fusarium head-blight (FHB) are the most<br />
damaging diseases <strong>of</strong> durum wheat in Italy. The aetiology <strong>of</strong> the disease has<br />
been monitored in Sardinia (Tyrrhenian Islands) during twelve years (2001-2012)<br />
over approximately 100 fields in different agroclimatic areas <strong>of</strong> Sardinia. For each<br />
field/year, between 20 to 50 basal stems and spikes were collected in order to<br />
identify the main causal agents and their associated species. A total <strong>of</strong> 171 kernel<br />
samples yielded in the last three years (2010-2012), were analysed for the<br />
presence <strong>of</strong> deoxynivalenol (DON) and its acetylated forms, while 74 grain<br />
samples were also analysed for contamination by T2-HT2 mycotoxin. The<br />
quantitative analysis <strong>of</strong> mycotoxins was carried out with a Lateral Flow<br />
Immunoassay (Rapid One Step Assay, Charm Sciences Inc. – Foss). FRR was<br />
found more frequently than FHB, and it was mainly incited by Fusarium<br />
culmorum. Similarly, in most <strong>of</strong> the sampled fields the prevalent species causing<br />
head-blight was F. culmorum, but in some few areas <strong>of</strong> central and southern<br />
Sardinia, Fusarium graminearum was the main pathogen. Fusarium<br />
sporotrichioides, Fusarium acuminatum, Fusarium poae and Fusarium<br />
crookwellense were also isolated, albeit at a lower frequency. DON was detected<br />
in 34% <strong>of</strong> the analysed samples, while 71% <strong>of</strong> the samples turned out to be<br />
positive to T2-HT2. Comparing the data from three years, the highest percentage<br />
<strong>of</strong> DON-positive samples corresponds to the lowest percentage <strong>of</strong> T2-HT2positive<br />
samples. All tested samples remain behind the compulsory limit<br />
established by the European Union (EU) for the presence <strong>of</strong> DON (1750 ppb),<br />
whereas 6% (i.e., 17% <strong>of</strong> all DON-positive assays) showed a DON contamination<br />
over 100 ppb. At present, no legal limits are imposed for T2-HT2 concentrations.<br />
Nonetheless, only 3% <strong>of</strong> the examined samples (i.e., 4% <strong>of</strong> all T2-HT2-positive<br />
assays) showed T2-HT2 concentration values over 50 ppb.<br />
Keywords: epidemiology, deoxynivalenol, T2-HT2 toxin, Lateral Flow<br />
Immunoassay, food safety<br />
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