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Phytophthora cryptogea as a cause of root rot of raspberry in Australia; resistance of raspberry cultivars and control by fungicides
Author(s) -
WASHINGTON W. S.
Publication year - 1988
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.1365-3059.1988.tb02068.x
Subject(s) - blowing a raspberry , biology , cultivar , root rot , phytophthora , wilting , fungicide , horticulture , metalaxyl , agronomy , botany
Phytophthora cryptogea was isolated from field plantings of the red raspberry cultivars Glen Clova, Canby and Willamette which showed wilting, dieback, stem lesions and root rotting. Pathogenicity of P. cryptogea to raspberry was demonstrated in glasshouse experiments. Twelve cultivars of raspberry were screened for resistance to the disease by growing them in artificially infested soil. Glen Clova and Canby were highly susceptible whilst Chilcotin, Nootka, Haida and Puyallup were resistant. Soil treatments with either metalaxyl, phosphorous acid or fosetyl aluminium controlled the disease. This is the first record of a phytophthora root rot of raspberry in Australia, and the first demonstrating the pathogenicity of P. cryptogea to raspberry.