Irrespective
of those impairments, the most serious consequence of
FHB is the contamination of grain and cereal products
with Fusarium mycotoxins (Pieters et al., 2002; Peraica
et al., 1999). The trichothecenes, particularly deoxynivalenol
(DON) and its acetylated derivatives, 3- and 15-acetyl-
DON, are the most frequently encountered mycotoxins in
FHB of wheat throughout Europe