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Poplar seed‐transmission of Marssonina brunnea
Author(s) -
Spiers A. G.,
Wenham H. T.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
european journal of forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 0300-1237
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0329.1983.tb00131.x
Subject(s) - seedling , conidium , biology , horticulture , botany
Laboratory studies established that poplar seed became contaminated with conidia of Marssonina brunnea during extraction from infected seed capsules. Contaminating conidia were loosely associated with the testa and were capable of initiating seedling infections. Examination of 23 imported Dutch seedlines showed that 20 were contaminated with viable conidia of M. brunnea . Ten seedlines produced infected seedlings when sown on blotters and in soil, confirming M. brunnea as a seed‐borne contaminant of poplar seed.