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A glasshouse test to assess the sensitivity of potato cultivars to tobacco rattle virus
Author(s) -
DALE M. F. B.,
SOLOMON R. M.
Publication year - 1988
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.1744-7348.1988.tb02057.x
Subject(s) - biology , cultivar , tobacco rattle virus , greenhouse , horticulture , solanaceae , agronomy , plant virus , microbiology and biotechnology , virus , virology , biochemistry , gene
SUMMARY The sensitivity to tobacco rattle virus of nine potato cultivars and 24 potato clones from the potato breeding programme at SCRI was assessed in a glasshouse pot test and in field trials for two consecutive years. The results and analyses presented indicate that the pot test gives an accurate and reliable estimate of sensitivity to tobacco rattle virus. Methods of assessing severity of expression of disease symptoms were examined. The advantages of such a glasshouse pot test and its application are discussed.