Table 2: Disease responses of in vitro detached leaf assay in two Syrian wheat cultivars (Cahm1, durum and Cham6, bread) inoculated with 16 fungal isolates of four Fusarium head blight species.
| FHB Species |
Fungal Isolates |
Incubation Period (days) |
Latent Period (days) |
Lesion Length (mm) |
| Cham1 |
Cham6 |
Cham1 |
Cham6 |
Cham1 |
Cham6 |
| F. culmorum |
F1 |
2.27 |
2.23 |
5.5 a |
6.3 a |
7.84 |
7.43 |
| F2 |
2.08 |
2.23 |
4.1 a |
6.1 a |
7.58 |
7.20 |
| F3 |
1.98 |
2.27 |
4.0 a |
5.3 a |
7.43 |
7.51 |
| F28 |
2.23 |
2.20 |
4.5 a |
5.3 a |
7.43 |
8.01 |
| F30 |
2.27 |
1.98 |
6.6 a |
6.3 a |
7.51 |
6.77 |
| F. solani |
F7 |
2.03 |
2.35 |
7.5 a |
8.6 a |
7.62 |
7.31 |
| F20 |
2.35 |
1.97 |
11 a |
7.5 b |
7.12 |
7.31 |
| F26 |
2.04 |
2.35 |
7.5 a |
7.4 a |
7.12 |
7.84 |
| F29 |
2.03 |
2.35 |
6.5 a |
7.5 a |
7.31 |
7.12 |
| F31 |
2.03 |
1.98 |
5.1 a |
5.6 a |
8.02 |
7.12 |
| F35 |
1.95 |
2.10 |
6.6 a |
6.5 a |
7.43 |
7.43 |
| F. verticillioides |
F15 |
1.98 |
2.23 |
4.5 a |
4.9 a |
8.28 |
7.84 |
| F16 |
2.04 |
1.95 |
2.0 b |
5.1 a |
7.21 |
7.86 |
| F21 |
1.73 |
2.23 |
5.5 a |
7.5 a |
7.59 |
7.12 |
| F27 |
1.98 |
2.04 |
5.1 a |
4.5 a |
7.86 |
7.84 |
| F. equiseti |
F43 |
2.08 |
2.23 |
5.6 a |
7.5 a |
7.84 |
7.43 |
| Mean |
2.07 a |
2.17 a |
|
|
7.57 a |
7.45 a |
| - |
F isolates=0.158 ns; P=0.9999 |
F isolates=10.224; P=0.0001 |
F isolates=0.894 ns; P=0.5743 |
| - |
F cultivars=0.851 ns; P=0.3599 |
F cultivars=7.872; P=0.0066 |
F cultivars=0.913 ns; P=0.3430 |
| - |
F interactions=0.291 ns; P=0.9948 |
F interactions=2.604; P=0.0041 |
F interactions=0.909 ns; P=0.5585 |
According to the Fisher’s LSD test, means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at p<0.05, ns= not significant, F tests (p<0.05) (F), Probability (P).