Research Key to Understanding and Eliminating Fusarium Head Blight
Published:October 20, 2008
Summary
Swine producers who source cereal grains from Manitoba this year, especially late harvested wheat, are being encouraged to have samples tested to avoid potential problems associated with the mycotoxins produced by fusarium head blight. Fusarium head blight is a fungal disease that infects cereal grains, including wheat, barley, oats, trictcale and corn. The disease, which attacks the head infecti...
The problem of mycotoxins and mycotoxicosis has to be of great concern to both the farmers, retailers, consumers, reseachers and the industries. Gathering of data on a worldwide basis will go a long way in solving the problem and reduce its effect on humanity.
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