EpiBL also reduced losses
in grain number and weight caused by FHB disease. Plants pretreated
with epiBL prior to Fusarium spp. contained an average of
3.6 more grain per head and an increase of 0.21 g in grain weight
per head (Fig. 1D and E) compared with those only treated with
the fungus. Thus, epiBL application reduced the FHB-associated
loss in grain weight by 33% (P < 0.01).