Cultivated Landraces Wheat, Old Crops But Promising Future For Resistance To Biotic Stresses: The Specific Case Of A Fungus Disease, Fhb (Fusarium Head Blight). A Review.

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The present review attempts to synthesize the information available on landraces wheat, cultivated in organic farming, especially their resistance qualities to fungi diseases and FHB (Fusarium Head Blight) in particular, a widespread and destructive disease of grain cereals. Infection can also cause a reduction in grain quality through the synthesis of mycotoxins. Wheat landraces have been shown to be valuable sources of resistance to pathogens and there is more to be gained from such sources. However, changes are needed to promote the exploitation of diversity in landraces and encourage their use.