Fusarium head blight and grain yield losses of wheat in Serbia

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify crop production factor, associated with FHB development in Serbian wheat. FHB index and weight losses, varying from 16% to 74% and from 1.8% to 38.3%, respectively, indicated that enviromental conditions were the most important factor affecting disease development and yield losses. F. graminearum dominated on kernels (tip to 55.5%) and whole rachis (34.7%), while F poae was predominant on apical part od rachis (35.2%).