Optimization of plant resistance & fungicide use (WP1)

• Regarding the identification of host factors that influence mycotoxin biosynthesis, first results have been achieved comparing the seeds 48 h after infection with the control, in susceptible and resistant maize lines infected with F. verticillioides.
   
• A farm scale fungicide technology is being developed: the farm scale tests on three cultivars Békés, Kalász and Feny with ten fungicides are evaluated for FHB severity, FDK and DON contamination both under artificial and natural infections conditions.
   
• In the small pilot tests 80-90 % reduction of disease and toxin contamination, the best was Prosaro, but because of the rather dry weather also fungicides with normally lower efficacy gave acceptable performance.