Project Description | Research Objectives | Summary of Funding | Reports-Updates/Publications
Hard Winter Wheat Coordinated Project (HWW-CP)
| Hard Winter Wheat Coordinated Project Committee Updated: 1/9/12 |
| Chair, Bill Berzonsky, South Dakota State University, SD |
| Vice-Chair, Joel Ransom, North Dakota State University, ND |
| Marla Hall, Limagrain Cereal Seeds, Witchita, KS |
Project Description:
The HWW-CP is an efficient coordinated project that will measure its success by reducing DON in the hard winter wheat grain supply to the food grade level acceptable in the European Union (EU). This level is currently lower than the US standard. Because half of our grain is exported and the majority of it shipped to the EU, the risk is that it can be sourced from high scab areas within the HWW region (e.g. the Eastern Great Plains). As the popularity of whole grain products increases, our goal is to ensure that the DON concentration in these products is also below established thresholds. Based upon the timelines expected for success in reducing DON, the HWW-CP includes the scientific activities of plant breeders, pathologists, geneticists and supporting research programs. We coordinate with disease management efforts because we realize that in addition to improved varieties, improved management will optimize project success within expected timelines. HWW-CP germplasm and information are publicly available and made available to other participating researchers in other research areas of the USWBSI. The HWW-CP remains focused on reducing DON levels as quickly as possible and by using the most efficacious methods to do so. Membership in the HWW-CP includes; all researchers currently funded within the CP, individuals designated as representatives from other research areas of the USWBSI, all interested FHB researchers who may or may not be funded by the USWBSI, stakeholders representing members from groups that fund our research (e.g. the KS, NE, SD, and ND Wheat Commissions), and members of groups that are key to our industry and who non-monetarily support HWW-CP research. These are "independent" stakeholders, such as major mills and bakeries, private wheat breeders, and chemical company representatives.
FY12-13 Research Objectives:
The HWW-CP is organized around two of the research areas - Variety Development and Host Resistance (VDHR) and FHB Management (MGMT) as outlined in the USWBSI Action Plan. Two major objectives and associated research activities have been established within this CP. In addition, the HWW-CP works closely with other USWBSI Research Areas (RAs) to support the stated goal of reducing DON levels specified by the EU. Specifically, the HWW-CP works most closely with the MGMT RA.
Variety Development and Host Resistance (VDHR) and FHB Management (MGMT)
| Objective 1. | Increase acreage planted to varieties exhibiting improved FHB resistance to reduce DON in the HWW grain supply. |
Associated Research Activities:
- Increase efficiency of individual breeding programs to develop and release FHB resistant varieties.
- Develop new breeding technologies and germplasm to further enhance short-term and long- term improvement of FHB resistance and to efficiently introgress effective resistance genes into breeding germplasm.
- Test and evaluate regional germplasm to include breeding lines from public and private breeding programs and to include irrigated field nurseries representative of all FHB environments throughout the region.
| Objective 2. | Evaluate practices enhancing varietal resistance and disseminate information that in association with resistant varieties, leads to reduced DON in the HWW grain supply. |
Associated Research Activities:
- Characterize genotype x fungicide treatment responses for enhancing FHB resistance and the reduction of DON.
- Develop a full understanding of specific environmental and biological factors influencing FHB infection and toxin accumulation.
- Enhance communication and end-user education/outreach relating to resistant varieties and effective management practices.
| Summary of Funding | ||
| FY11 (2011-12) | FY12 (2012-13) | |
| Number of Projects | 12 | 9 |
| Number of PIs | 10 | 9 |
| Total Award Amount | $355,290 | $292,202 |
| % Total Rec. Funding | 7.20% | 6.61% |
| Research Projects | FY11 | FY12 |
Reports-Updates/Publications
- Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2012. Posted: 3/14/13
- Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2011.
- Report: 2011 USWBSI Hard Winter Wheat CP Planning Meeting
- Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2010.
- Report: 2009 USWBSI Hard Winter Wheat CP Planning Meeting
- Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2009.
- Release of Camelot (NE01604) Hard Red Winter Wheat
- Report from 4-08 HWW-CP Planning Meeting
- Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2008.
- Regisration of 'NE01643' Wheat
- NIRS method for precise identification of Fusarium damaged wheat kernels.
(Poster presented at the AACCI annual meeting, 2008.) - Univ.of Nebraska Extension Bulletin: Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat, EC 1896
- Applying single kernel sorting technology to developing scab resistant lines.
(Poster presented at the USWBSI annual meeting, 2007.) - Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2007.
- Reaction of Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota winter wheat accessions to Fusarium head blight (FHB), 2006.
- Release of NE01643 [Overland] Hard Red Winter Wheat
- Predicting scab, vomitoxin, and ergosterol in single wheat kernels using near-infrared spectroscopy. (Cereal Chem. 76 (4):573-576. 1999.)
Useful Links
- US Wheat, Barley and Durum Variety Scab Resistance Data Interactive Map
- Scab and DON
