Moniliformin In wheat and triticale grain.

Fusarium avanacoum infected wheat and triticale heads in Poland in each season between 1985 and 1989. The average number of heads infected byF avonacaum was 26 % for wheat and 46 % for triticale out of all examined heads withFusarium head blight symptoms.Fusarium-damaged wheat grain, naturally infected byF avenaceum, contained an average of 15.9±7.7 mg moniliformin/kg, healthy looking kernels from the same heads an average of 0.42±0.19 mg moniliformin/kg. Fusarfum-damaged kernels of triticale contained an average of 3.5 mg moniliformin/kg while healthy looking kernels from the same ears contained 0.25 mg/kg.