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A Method of Screening Strawberries for Resistance to Verticillium Wilt
Author(s) -
Jordan V. W. L.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1971.tb00538.x
Subject(s) - verticillium wilt , biology , verticillium , inoculation , cultivar , horticulture , agronomy , verticillium dahliae , botany
SUMMARY A technique is described for rapid testing of strawberry plants for resistance to verticillium wilt. Plants were inoculated by dipping roots in a conidial suspension (100,000/ml) of the pathogen and replanting them in a light sandy soil containing Verticillium‐infected plant debris. With soil temperature maintained at 20°C, air temperature above 18°C and 14 hr of supplemented light, conditions favoured infection and symptom production. Reproducible results were obtained with standard cultivars of known field performance.