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Snow‐Mold‐Tolerant Winter Wheats 1
Author(s) -
Sunderman D. W.,
McKay H. C.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1968.0011183x000800050039x
Subject(s) - biology , snow , freezing tolerance , agronomy , winter wheat , horticulture , mold , botany , biochemistry , physics , meteorology , gene
Fifteen winter wheats ( Triticum aestivum L.) have been selected for tolerance to snow mold ( Fusarium nivale (Fr.) and Typhula idahoensis Remsburg). Under a severe epiphytotic, the total survival of plants among the selections ranged from 30 to 70%.