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Effects of seed treatments and storage on the incidence of Phoma betae and the viability of infected red beet seeds
Author(s) -
MAUDE R. B.,
BAMBRIDGE JUDITH M.
Publication year - 1985
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.1365-3059.1985.tb01384.x
Subject(s) - germination , biology , thiram , phoma , horticulture , iprodione , seed treatment , mercury (programming language) , fungicide , botany , agronomy , computer science , programming language
Red beet seed clusters retained a high level of germination when stored for 13 years at 10°C and 50% RH in a seed store; seed infection by Phoma betae (black leg) declined from 27–5 to 4–5% over the same period. Seed treatment before storage by soaking in thiram or ethyl mercury phosphate significantly improved germination and reduced mean infection by P. betae from 17% to less than 1%.