| causal agents of fusarium head blight of durum wheat (triticum durum desf.) in central italy and their in vitro biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. | durum wheat samples harvested in central italy (umbria) were analyzed to: evaluate the occurrence of the fungal community in the grains, molecularly identify the fusarium spp. which are part of the fusarium head blight (fhb) complex and characterize the in vitro secondary metabolite profiles of a subset of fusarium strains. the fusarium genus was one of the main components of the durum wheat fungal community. the fhb complex was composed of eight species: fusarium avenaceum (61%), f. graminearum ... | 2018 | 29173624 |