The biological role of Fusarium graminearum mycotoxins [Elektronische Ressource] / presented by Awais Ahmed

The biological role of Fusarium graminearum mycotoxins Dissertation to obtain the Ph. D. degree in the International Ph. D. Program for Agricultural Sciences in Goettingen (IPAG) at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany presented by Awais Ahmed born in Nawabshah, Pakistan. Göttingen, September 2010 D7 1. Name of supervisor: Prof. Dr. Petr Karlovsky 2. Name of co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Elke Pawelzik Date of dissertation: 18.11.2010 ‘In the loving memory of (Ammi) Rehana and (Abbu) Jabbar who believed in education and (Amma) Fatima who sacrificed everything for our family’. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ....................................................... 8 Background ................................................................................... 8 Fusarium head blight (FHB) ................................ 9 Gibberella ear rot or Red ear rot (GER) ................. 10 Fungal secondary metabolites (Mycotoxins) ............ 11 Trichothecenes ........................................................................... 11 Broad spectrum effects of trichothecenes on animals .............................