Table 4: Disease reactions of in vitro seedling 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 Spraying (%) Pin-Point (%) Clip-Dipping (cm)
Cham1 Cham6 Cham1 Cham6 Cham1 Cham6
F. culmorum F1 45 45 41 41 2.23 2.27
F2 45 42 40 41 2.23 2.27
F3 45 44 41 40 2.27 2.20
F28 44 47 43 41 2.20 2.35
F30 34 45 39 40 2.20 2.55
F. solani F7 47 41 41 41 2.35 2.03
F20 39 47 41 38 1.97 2.27
F26 47 41 39 41 2.35 2.03
F29 47 47 45 39 2.35 2.35
F31 35 35 43 34 2.27 1.76
F35 35 41 39 41 2.20 2.03
F. verticillioides F15 37 51 44 43 1.83 2.20
F16 35 41 41 39 1.73 2.03
F21 45 39 43 41 2.23 1.93
F27 39 41 40 42 1.93 2.20
F. equiseti F43 45 45 43 42 2.23 2.27
Mean 41 a 43 a 41 a 40 a 2.16 a 2.17 a
- F isolates=0.246 ns; P=0.9979 F isolates=0.684 ns; P=0.7907 F isolates=0.364 ns; P=0.9836
- F cultivars=0.190 ns; P=0.6641 F cultivars=2.391 ns; P=0.1269 F cultivars=0.008 ns; P=0.9281
- F interactions=0.481 ns; P=0.9421 F interactions=0.887 ns; P=0.5817 F interactions=0.385 ns; P=0.9784

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).