The collection in brief
As of today, the collection includes around 400 isolates, mainly of the genus Fusarium from Switzerland. The collection was first established in 1997, when F. graminearum was isolated from wheat as part of a research project. Subsequently, isolates have been continuously collected from commercial samples (monitoring) and used for our own field and laboratory experiments. Some isolates from abroad are also part of the collection. The mycotheque mainly contains species isolated from cereals such as F. graminearum, F. poae, F. avenaceum, F. culmorum, F. equiseti and F. langsethiae. The collection also includes species isolated from maize, such as F. verticillioides, F. proliferatum and F. subglutinans. As part of projects aimed at controlling pathogens using antagonists, the collection has been supplemented with isolates of Clonostachys rosea and Trichoderma spp.
Status
The collection consists of isolates from single spores and poly spores, which are stored in glycerol in freezers at -70°C. Selected isolates have been determined by molecular methods and deposited at CBS. The most important isolates are stored in duplicates (in two different freezers).
Applications
For legal reasons, only isolates of Swiss origin are used in experiments, for example in cereal variety resistance tests, virulence tests or in experiments on biological control of Fusarium head blight.
