The eyespot of the biflagellate unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a complex organelle that facilitates directional responses of the cell to environmental light stimuli. The eyespot, which assembles de novo after every cell division and retains a distinctive association with the microtubule cytoskeleton, comprises an elliptical patch of rhodopsin photoreceptors in the plasma membrane and stacks of carotenoid-rich pigment granule arrays in the chloroplast and serves as a model for understanding how organelles are formed and placed asymmetrically in the cell. This study describes the roles of several factors in the assembly and positioning of the eyespot. Two loci, EYE2 and EYE3, define factors involved in the formation and organization of the eyespot pigment granule arrays. Whereas EYE3, a serine/threonine kinase of the ABC1 family, localizes to pigment granules, EYE2 localization corresponds to an area of the chloroplast envelope in the eyespot. These proteins play interdependent roles: EYE2 and the ChR1 photoreceptor co-position in the absence of pigment granules, and the pigment granules are required to maintain the shape and integrity of the EYE2/ChR1 patch. The miniature-eyespot locus MIN2 affects eyespot size and likely regulates the amount of material available for eyespot assembly. The MLT2 locus regulates eyespot size, number, and asymmetry. A novel locus, PEY1, modulates the position of the eyespot on the anterior-posterior axis by affecting microtubule rootlet length. A working model is developed wherein rootlet microtubule-directed photoreceptor localization establishes connections in the chloroplast envelope with EYE2, which directs the site for pigment granule array assembly, and MLT2 is proposed to negatively regulate the levels of eyespot proteins.

BACKGROUND: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of vision loss in the world. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention categorizes those with diabetes into three age groups, including a young adult group, ages 18-44. In the Boston metropolitan area, around 4.6% of this age population has diabetes. EYESPOT is a private eye care practice in Boston. Of the few diabetic patients seen, most do not fall within the young adult age range. Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of social media to promote awareness of healthy behaviors. OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study is to utilize social media in order to raise awareness of DR in the young adult population and encourage preventative behavior. METHODS: A Facebook page for EYESPOT Diabetes was created to engage the young adult patient population and was monitored over a four-month period. Four categories of Facebook posts, differentiated by type, were disseminated. Posts were targeted to different audiences during each month, creating three unique time blocks. Posts were analyzed for their Engagement (total number of people who interacted with the post via a “like”, click, or “share”) and their Reach (total number of people that saw the post). Preliminary Engagement measures of each post were standardized to account for measures of Reach, creating an additional measure of standardized engagement scores (SES). A 4x3 ANOVA was conducted using SPSS to evaluate the effects of post type and time block on SES. RESULTS: Main effects were found for both post type and time block. Posts of the “Advertising” type had a significantly lower SES than all other posts (p<.01). Posts in the “Promotional College Student” time block had a significantly higher SES (p<.01) than posts in other blocks. There was a significant type-by-block interaction for SES (p<.01). Post hoc analysis revealed that posts of the “Technological” type had higher SES when posted in the block aimed at College Students (p<.01). Of note, 96% of the Facebook users who saw our posts (n = 4050) fell in the young adult bracket. After the conclusion of the study, two new patients in the young adult range contacted EYESPOT with intent to make future appointments, citing our Facebook page as reference. CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that Facebook may be an effective tool to encourage the young adult population to be aware of and engage in beneficial health behaviors. Future studies will investigate how to utilize social media further to increase physical appointments and patient-clinician interactions.

The eyespot of the single-celled alga Chlamydomonas aids the cell in detecting the direction of light in the environment. The complex assembly and asymmetric placement of the eyespot provides a model to ask questions about assembly and asymmetric placement of organelles. Understanding the mechanisms that underlie assembly and asymmetric placement of the eyespot can be applied more broadly to their functions in other eukaryotic organisms. This study sought to understand the role of a key protein in those processes, Channelrhodopsin-1 (ChR1). ChR1 was found to localize along the entire length of the D4 rootlet from the region around the daughter basal body to the eyespot. ChR1 was found to primarily localize to the plasma membrane side of the D4, suggesting that ChR1 was being pulled through the plasma membrane from the region around the basal bodies to the eyespot. Further, ChR1 was found to be able to localize to the eyespot even with the truncation of the large cytoplasmic C-terminal domain, suggesting that ChR1 is able to complex with another protein that is being trafficked to the eyespot. One such protein was thought to be ChR2, the other light-activated ion channel localized to the eyespot. Efforts to isolate a mutation in ChR2 were unsuccessful. Initial efforts were made in this dissertation to perform proteomic studies of ChR1 and identify its interacting partners. ChR1 is not the master regulator of either placement or assembly of the eyespot, but work in this study lays the groundwork to further investigate transport of ChR1 and interacting proteins to the eyespot and their role in assembly of the eyespot.

We can describe cognition as the mental processes involved when processing signals and information from our surroundings. Despite being vital for our actions, these processes can be biased by emotions, which results in a judgement bias of ambiguous information. Depressed individuals tend to be pessimistic about such ambiguous information, while individuals under normal or good condition, tend to be optimistic. This is true also for animals. Based on this, cognitive judgement bias tests are developed to measure the affective state of individuals. However, cognitive judgement bias tests require extensive pre-test training for animals to learn positive and negative reference cues. An alternative to using responses to pre-learnt cues could be to use naturally aversive stimuli instead. Eyespot patterns on lepidopterans can be aversive to birds. However, it is scarcely investigated if eyespot patterns can be used to measure affective state. The aim of my study was therefore to investigate if eyespots patterns can replace classic cues in cognitive judgment bias tests measuring affective state. I did so by comparing behavioural responses of red junglefowl chicks (Gallus gallus) to both eyespot patterns and classical cues in a cognitive judgement bias test. Responses correlated between some cues in the two tests, suggesting that eyespot patterns may work as a replacement of pre-learnt cues. However, no differences in responses to the eyespot patterns was found, and so further work is needed to improve the design of eyespot cues to obtain a clearer correlation between responses to eyespot patterns and classical pre-learnt cues in cognitive judgement bias tests. As less training is needed, such improved tests could have positive implications, and be a simpler and more user-friendly way to measure affective state in animals.

Affective states of animals are emotions with positive or negative valance. Positive and negative affective states affect animal welfare, and can bias interpretation of information positively or negatively, respectively. Judgement bias tests measure affective states based on responses to ambiguous cues, intermediate to cues with learnt positive and negative outcomes. Responses closer to those of positive cues indicate positive affective state. However, animals need extensive training to learn initial associations to reference cues. Therefore, I here aimed to validate an alternative affective state test based on instinctive avoidance of patterns resembling eyespots. Responses to ambiguous eyespot cues similar to responses to full eyespot cues could indicate negative affective state. To test this, behavioural responses of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) chicks to ambiguous cues from a validated judgement bias test were compared to responses to cues resembling eyespots. In a second cohort of birds, I developed simplified tests with only one ambiguous cue in each tests. I predicted that responses in both tests would correlate positively. In the original tests, shorter distance and latency to approach ambiguous cues correlated positively with latency to approach one of the eyespot cues, a full eyespot cue. This pattern was only observed in females. In the simplified tests, at 4 weeks of age, shortest latency to approach cues correlated among tests. This pattern was not observed when chicks were tested at 2 weeks of age. Overall, the eyespot test is a promising alternative affective state test, but further studies exploring sex- and age-effects, are needed.

Thesis (MScAgric)--Stellenbosch University, 1998. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Eyespot is an important disease of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Four species of Ramulispora are associated with this disease, of which Tapesia yallundae and T. acuformis. are common. This thesis investigates the broader subjects of genetic variability, reproductive dynamics and fungicide resistance in Tapesia yallundae. Each of the chapters treats specific but related topics. T. yallundae, which is the only species thus far reported from South Africa, has been associated with yield losses of up to 50%. To enable the implementation of more accurate and effective control measures, understanding the dynamics of reproduction and the genetics of the pathogen is of utmost importance. Of the many plant disease control measures such as cultural practices, sanitation, biological control, etc., fungicide application is the most commonly resorted to measure in eyespot control. This thesis investigates the broader subjects of genetic variability, reproductive dynamics and fungicide resistance of Tapesia yallzll7dae. Fungicide application, however, is not without problems. The pathogen can build up resistance to fungicides. The most commonly used fungicides in eyespot control include the benzimidazole carbendazim, triazoles such as flusilazole, tebuconazole, propiconazole, bromuconazole, flutriafol, fenbuconazole, triademinol, and the imidazole, prochloraz. Cases of resistance to the groups listed above have been reported. Frequent monitoring for resistance is thus crucial to prevent wastage of fungicide and unnecessary impregnantation of the environment with potentially ineffective chemicals. In chapter 2 of this thesis 300 isolates of T. yallundae from 15 fields were evaluated for resistance against carbendazim, flusilazole, tebuconazole, propiconazole, bromuconazole, flutriafol and fenbuconazole. These results indicated that to some triazoles, such as fenbuconazole, a high level of resistance was already present in field populations. In a sexually reproducing fungus such as T. yallundae, knowledge pertaining to its ability to pass resistance factors to offspring is equally important. Mating studies were, therefore, also conducted with parental strains that showed signs of triazole resistance. Three generations were subsequently tested for resistance to five triazoles, namely flusilazole, tebuconazole, propiconazole, bromuconazole and flutriafol. Results of this study showed variable sensitivity in progeny, which indicated quantitative inheritance of resistance to triazoles. Although the sexual stage has not yet been observed in the field in South Africa, this knowledge lays the foundation for the long-term understanding of the population dynamics of the fungus. The ability of a heterothallic ascomycete population to reproduce sexually is dependent on the availability of its two mating types, MATI-I and MATI-2, their distribution, and female fertility amongst other factors. In the UK. the teleomorph is commonly observed in the field, which is in contrast to the situation in South Africa, where it has only been induced in the laboratory. A comparative study between the South African and the UK. populations was therefore undertaken. Isolates representative of the two populations were mated with tester strains as both sperm recipients and as sperm donors. This allowed the percentage of hermaphrodites to be determined. No difference in terms of female fertility was observed between the South African and the UK. populations, with both populations showing low effective population numbers. These data suggested, therefore, that the teleomorph would also occur more frequently in South Africa if the climate was more indusive to its development. The overall results of this study indicated that eyes pot could still be controlled by means of fungicide application in South Africa. Although a shift in sensitivity was observed towards fenbuconazole and flusilazole, no resistance was detected towards carbendazim. The latter might be due to the absen<.:eof the sexual stage in the field, coupled by the monocyclic nature of the pathogen and sensible fungicide regimes. The absence of T. acujormis makes the disease situation less complicated in terms of fungicide application and management. Continuous surveys will have to be conducted, however, to monitor this situation in future. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie ondersoek die genetiese variasie, reproduksie dinamika en fungisied weerstand in Tapesia yallundae. Elke hoofstuk handel oor spesifieke maar verwante onderwerpe. Oogvlek is 'n belangrike siekte van lentekoring (Triticum aestivum L.). Vier spesies van Ramulispora word geassosieer met die siekte, waarvan Tapesia yallundae en T. acuformis mees algemeen voorkom. T. yallundae, wat tans die enigste spesie is wat in Suid-Afrika aangeteken is, het al verliese van tot 50% veroorsaak. Om meer akkurate en effektiewe beheermaatreels te implementeer, is dit noodsaaklik om die oorlewingsdinamika van die patogeen te verstaan. Van al die siektebeheermaatreels soos kulturele praktyke, sanitasie, biologiese beheer ens., bly fungisiedbehandeling die mees algemene maatreel vir die beheer van oogvlek. Fungisiedtoediening het egter ook verskeie probleme. Die patogeen kan weerstand opbou teen die fungisied. Die mees algemene fungisiedes wat vir oogvlekbeheer aangewend word sluit onder meer die benzimidasool karbendazim in, triasole soos flusilasool, tebukonasool, propikonasool, bromukonasool, flutriafol, fenbukonasool, triadimenol, en die imidasool, prochloraz. Weerstand is egter reeds teen hierdie middels bekend. Gedurige monitering vir weerstand is dus krities om die vermorsing van fungisied en besoedeling van die omgewing met oneffektiewe middels te beperk. In hoofstuk 2 van hierdie manuskrip word 300 isolate van T. yallundae van 15 lande geevalueer vir weerstand teenoor karbendazim, flusilasool, tebukonasool, propikonasool, bromukonasool, flutriafol en fenbukonasool. Resultate dui daarop dat teen sommige van hierdie triasole, soos bv. fenbukonasool, daar reeds 'n hoe vlak van weerstand teenwoordig was in veldpopulasies. In 'n seksueel reproduserende fungus soos T. yalluJ1dae, is dit noodsaaklik om te bepaal wat sy vermoe is om weerstandbiedenheid aan die nageslag oor te dra. Om die rede is paringstudies ook op ouers wat tekens van weerstand teenoor triasole getoon het uitgevoer. Drie generasies was gevolglik getoets vir weerstand teenoor vyf triasole, naamlik flusilasool, tebuconasool, propikonasool, brumukonasool en flutriafol. Resultate van die studie het 'n variasie in sensitiwiteit van die nageslag getoon, wat op 'n kwantitatiewe oorerwing van weerstand teen £riasole dui. Alhoewel die teleomorf nog nie in lande in Suid-Afrika opgemerk is nie, Ie hierdie kennis die fondament vir die langtermyn vertolking van die populasie dinamika van hierdie fungus. Die vermoe van 'n heterotalliese askomiseet populasie om seksueel voort te plant is afhanklik van die beskikbaarheid van sy twee paringstipes, MATI-I en MATl-2, hul verpreiding, vroulike vrugbaarheid en ander faktore. Alhoewel die teleomorf algemeen in lande in die Verenigde Koninkryk opgemerk word, is dit in kontras met die situasie in Suid-Afrika, waar hierdie stadium nog slegs in die laboratorium gelnduseer kon word. 'n Studie is dus onderneem om die Suid-Afrikaanse en V.K. populasies met mekaar te vergelyk. Isolate van die twee populasies is dus gepaar met paringsisolate as beide sperm ontvangers en sperm donors. Hierdie prosedure het dit moontlik gemaak om die persentasie hermafrodiete te bepaal. Geen verskille in vroulike fertiliteit is tussen die Suid-Afrikaanse en V.K. populasies bespeur nie, en beide populasies het ook 'n lae effektiewe populasie getal getoon. Hierdie data het dus voorgestel dat die teleomorf ook meer algemeen in Suid-Afrika sou voorkom as die klimaat meer geskik was vir teleomorf vormmg. Die resultate van hierdie studie het tot die slotsom gelei dat oogvlek steeds deur fungisiedbehandeling in Suid-Afrika beheer kan word. Alhoewel daar 'n merkbare verskuiwing in sensitiwiteit teenoor fenbukonasool en flusilasool was, was geen weerstand teenoor karbendazim waargeneem nie. Laasgenoemde kan dalk toegeskryf word aan die afwesigheid van die teleomorf in die veld, gekombineer met die monosikliese natuur van die patogeen en gebruik van alternerende fungisiedes. Die afwesigheid van T. acuformis maak die plaaslike siektetoestand minder gekompliseerd in terme van fungisied aanwending en bestuur. Voortdurende opnames sal egter uitgevoer moet word om hierdie situasie ook in die toekoms te monitor.

The evolution and development of eyespot and non-eyespot colour pattern elements was studied in Vanessa butterflies using a phylogenetic approach. A Bayesian phylogeny of the genus Vanessa was reconstructed from 7750 DNA base pairs from 10 genes. Twenty-four non-eyespot and forty-four eyespot color pattern elements from the Nymphalid ground plan were defined and studied and their evolutionary history was traced on the Vanessa phylogeny. Ancestral character states were predicted and the direction of evolutionary changes was inferred for all characters. Five serially arranged eyespots were predicted for the ancestral Vanessa on all wing surfaces. Homologous eyespot and non-eyespot characters on the surfaces of the forewing were more similar than those on the surfaces of the hindwing. Homologous eyespot characters on the dorsal surfaces of fore and hindwings show more similarities than the ventral surfaces, in contrast to what was found for non-eyespot characters. Independent Contrast analysis was also used to study correlations between eyespot characters. Independent Contrast analysis revealed significant correlations between eyespots 2 and 5 and eyespots 3 and 4 on all wing surfaces. This consistency among highly variable eyespot characters suggested a structural hypothesis: the existence of a Far-Posterior (F-P) compartment boundary and organizer could be responsible for the observed correlations. This hypothesis was tested in several ways. First, examination of wing patterns across species from all families of butterflies revealed correspondence between wing cells 1 and 4 and between cells 2 and 3. Second, evaluation of spontaneous mitotic clones in butterflies and moths reveals a peak abundance of clonal boundaries along the vein dividing wing cells 2 and 3. Finally, experimentally generated FLP/FRT mitotic wing clones produced in Drosophila, reveal a clonal boundary posterior to the L5 wing vein, which is homologous to the vein dividing wing cells 3 and 4 in butterflies. Collectively, this suggests the existence of an additional compartment boundary associated with an organizer in wing cell 3 responsible for patterning the posterior portion of insect wings. A model is proposed that predicts that the wing developmental compartment boundaries produce unique combinations of gene expression for each wing sector, permitting eyespot individuation. / February 2016

Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit sollten anhand eines zweifaktoriellen Feldversuchs bestehend aus den Faktoren Fruchtfolge und Pflanzenschutz die Potenziale zur Reduktion von fruchtfolgebedingten Halmbasis- und Wurzelkrankheitserregern an Weizen (Triticum aestivum L.) durch eine geschickte Kombination von Energiefrüchten aufgezeigt werden. Ein Schwerpunkt lag hierbei auf Halmbasisfusarium und die Ausbreitung des Mykotoxins Deoxynivalenols (DON) von der Halmbasis bis in die Ähre. Hierzu wurden vier Fruchtfolgen mit einer unterschiedlichen Dichte an Ackerkulturen etabliert: (1) Maisdaueranbau, (2) Raps – Winterweizen, (3) Raps – Grünroggen/Mais – Winterweizen und (4) Raps – Winterweizen – Grünroggen/Mais – Winterweizen. Der Versuch wurde auf Versuchsflächen der Universitäten Göttingen und Rostock äquivalent angelegt. Die Erhebungen erfolgten in den Jahren 2010 und 2011. Die Bedeutung der halmbürtigen Mykotoxine für die Belastung des Korns wurde in ergänzenden Untersuchungen unter kontrollierten Bedingungen untersucht. Durch eine visuelle Befallsbonitur im Entwicklungsstadium (ES) der späten Milchreife (ES 77) erfolgte die Ermittlung der Befallshäufigkeit von Rhizoctonia cerealis, Oculimacula yallundae/acuformis, Fusarium spp. und Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici an der Halmbasis bzw. Wurzel von Weizen. Mykotoxinnachweise (ELISA-Test) des Leittoxins Deoxynivalenol (DON) und DNA-Quantifizierungen (qPCR) von toxinproduzierenden Fusariumarten in Pflanzen aus Feld-, Gewächshaus- und Klimakammerversuchen gaben weiterhin Aufschluss über die Mykotoxinbelastung der Pflanze und systemische Verlagerung von DON nach einem Befall der Halmbasis von Winterweizen mit Fusarium culmorum und F. graminearum. R. cerealis hatte mit einer Befallshäufigkeit von unter 0,5% in beiden Untersuchungsjahren 2010 und 2011 kaum eine Bedeutung. Erhöhte Befallshäufigkeiten konnten für G. graminis var. tritici mit ca. 20% im Jahr 2010 am Standort in Göttingen und 2011 am Standort in Rostock festgestellt werden. Die Befallswerte waren mit <5 sehr niedrig. Für O. yallundae/acuformis konnten leicht erhöhte Befallshäufigkeiten von maximal 25% bzw. 37% an den Standorten in Rostock und Göttingen im Jahr 2010 festgestellt werden. Im letzten Untersuchungsjahr waren die Befallshäufigkeiten mit 7% bzw. 15% an den Standorten Göttingen und Rostock auf einem niedrigen Niveau. Die zweijährigen Erhebungen in den Jahren 2010 und 2011 machten deutlich, dass Fusarium spp. der dominierende Erreger mit 28% am Standort in Göttingen und 63% am Standort in Rostock an der Halmbasis im Mittel der Jahre war. Es zeigte sich für das Abschlussjahr 2011, dass nach dem Jahreseffekt die Fruchtfolge (18% am Standort in Göttingen) bzw. die Interaktion aus Fruchtfolge und Jahreseffekt (19% am Standort in Rostock) den größten Einfluss auf die Befallshäufigkeit von Fusarium spp. hatte. Die Bewertung der Fruchtfolgen erfolgte anhand der Befallshäufigkeiten von O. yallundae/acuformis und Fusarium spp., die am häufigsten in dieser Untersuchung auftraten. Der Vergleich fand auf Grundlage der Befallshäufigkeiten in der Variante ohne Fungizidapplikation statt und wurde mit denen der Variante mit dem situationsbezogenen Pflanzenschutz verglichen. Es konnte festgestellt werden, dass bei beiden Krankheiten die kurze Fruchtfolge 2 (Raps-Weizen) die höchsten Befallshäufigkeiten aufwies. Eine Fungizidapplikation führte häufig zu einer Reduktion des Befalls in den einzelnen Fruchtfolgen, was aber nicht immer statistisch absicherbar war. Am stärksten reduzierten sich die Befallshäufigkeiten, wenn die Fruchtfolgen aufgelockert wurden. Durch die Eingliederung einer Maiskultur in Kombination mit einer Zwischenfrucht wurde die enge Raps-Weizen Folge unterbrochen, wie es in Fruchtfolge 3 (Raps-Zwischenfrucht/Mais-Weizen) zu erkennen war. Zusätzlich zeigte der unterschiedliche Aussaattermin (früh/spät) in den Anbausystemen einen hochsignifikanten Einfluss (p = 0,000) auf die Befallshäufigkeiten, insbesondere Frühsaaten förderten den Befall. Im Fall von Fusarium spp. zeigte der Vergleich der Fruchtfolgen 2 und 3 eine Reduktion der Befallshäufigkeit um ca. 70% an den Standorten in Göttingen und Rostock. Durch die Fungizidmaßnahme in Fruchtfolge 2 und 3 reduzierte sich der Befall am Standort in Göttingen um weitere 40-50%. Für O. yallundae/acuformis wurde der Unterschied der Fruchtfolgen 2 und 3 noch deutlicher. Die Befallshäufigkeiten reduzierten sich um nahezu 100% an den Standorten in Göttingen und Rostock. Der Vergleich zur Variante mit situationsbezogenem Pflanzenschutz in der Fruchtfolge 2 machte deutlich, dass die Pflanzenschutzmaßnahme den Befall signifikant um 50% reduzierte. Die Belastungen der Kornproben mit dem Mykotoxin DON waren sehr gering, wohingegen die Weizenstoppel der Fruchtfolge 4 in der Variante PS-F0 mit bis zu 6000 µg DON/kg TM kontaminiert war. Proben der Fruchtfolge 3 mit 33% Weizenanteil wiesen mit 2500 µg/kg TM die niedrigsten Gehalte an DON auf. In den Fruchtfolgen 2 und 4 mit 50% Weizenanteil wurden nahezu doppelt so hohe Mengen an DON festgestellt. Im Mittel reduzierte die Fungizidmaßnahme zu ES 31 und 51/55 den DON-Gehalt in der Stoppel signifikant um 50%. Der DON-Nachweis im Substrat der Ganzpflanze von Mais zeigte für den Maisdaueranbau leicht erhöhte Werte von 1800 µg DON/kg TM. Mit abnehmendem Maisanteil in der Fruchtfolge reduzierten sich die DON-Gehalte im Maissubstrat. In Proben der Fruchtfolge 4 mit 25% Maisanteil wurde ein um 80% geringerer DON-Gehalt ermittelt. Die ausgewiesene Grünroggensorte Borfuro wies nach künstlicher Infektion an der Halmbasis mit F. graminearum in Gewächshausversuchen über 4500 µg DON/kg TM in der Ganzpflanze zu ES 73 auf und war damit doppelt hoch mit DON kontaminiert wie eine konventionelle Roggensorte. Dieser signifikante Sortenunterschied wurde durch die Bestimmung pilzlicher DNA in der Halmbasis bestätigt. Durch den Rostocker Aktivitätstest mit hoch DON-belastetem Grünroggen im Mini-Batch Verfahren konnte gezeigt werden, dass DON keine inhibitorische Wirkung auf den Fermentationsprozess hat. Es wurde aber eine 10% geringere Gasausbeute in den Varianten mit kontaminiertem Material festgestellt. Kurze Fruchtfolgen mit Energiepflanzen (Raps–Weizen) führen zu nicht unerheblichen Befallshäufigkeiten von O. yallundae/acuformis und Fusarium spp. an der Halmbasis von Weizen. Eine Kombination der Energiefrüchte Raps, Mais und Weizen in Verbindung mit einem späten Saattermin und wendender Bodenbearbeitung verhindert fast vollständig das Auftreten von O. yallundae/acuformis und reduziert signifikant den Befall mit Fusarium spp. an Weizen. Fruchtfolgen mit einem hohen Anteil von Mais bzw. führen auch zu hohen Gehalten an DON im Ganzpflanzensubtstrat von Mais bzw. in der Halmbasis von Weizen. Zwar hat die Toxinbelastung des Ganzpflanzensubstrats von Mais keine negativen Auswirkungen auf den Gärprozess, aber ist die Gasausbeute reduziert. Es Auswirkungen von Fusariuminfektionen auf die Gärqualität von Mais sollten daher in weiteren Untersuchen näher betrachtet werden.

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