Premium
Methods of measuring the prevalence of pathogenic fungi on potato tubers
Author(s) -
HIDE G. A.,
HIRST J. M.,
SALT G. A.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1968.tb02826.x
Subject(s) - biology , agronomy , horticulture , microbiology and biotechnology , botany
SUMMARY Methods are described whereby the prevalence of pathogenic fungi on seed potato tubers can be measured quickly and quantitatively. Eye‐bearing plugs of tuber tissue, 8 mm diameter by 10 mm long, are excised, incubated over water at 15 °C for 5 days and then examined microscopically. The occurrence of fungi and macroscopic tuber symptoms are recorded directly on punched tape and tabulated by computer.