A FIRST-GENERATION MODEL FOR DON PREDICTION AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF FHB AND DON

Project # 1: (1) Advance the development of DON prediction models through better understanding of factors influencing DON accumulation and (2) Continue the development of mechanistic models for FHB/DON and refinement of empirical models. Project #2: Experiments will be conducted in Ohio, as part of a series of uniform integrated management trials involving researchers from major wheat-growing regions in the U.S., with the goal of evaluating the efficacy of integrating multiple management strategies to reduce losses due to FHB and DON. The specific objective is to evaluate the integrated effects of fungicide, biocontrol agent, and variety resistance on FHB and DON.