Dergiler / International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Food Sciences / 2019 / Cilt: 3 - Sayı: 1

Fusarium graminearum growth and its fitness to the commonly used models

Fusarium graminearum growth and its fitness to the commonly used models

Edgar Cambaza, Shigenobu Koseki, Shuso Kawamura

Sayfa
9–11
DOI
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Abstract

Fusarium graminearum causes head blight in wheat and corn, and produces chemicals harmful for humans and otheranimals. It is important to know how it grows in order to prevent outbreaks. There are three well-known growth modelsfor microorganisms and they seem applicable to molds: linear, Gompertz and Baranyi. This study aimed to see whichcould better represent F. graminearum's growth. Three replicates were grown in yeast extract agar (YEA) for 20 days, theFeret's radius was measured in ImageJ software, and then related to the models. Baranyi's model was only acceptableaccording to a Wilcoxon test (p = 0.280). Thus, this shall be the one used, even in routine analyses.tional properties ofsome wild plants, and the results may be useful for the evaluation of dietary information.