The potential for the rapid screening of potato cultivars (Solanum tuberosum) for resistance to powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) using a laboratory bioassay

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-77

  Merz, U ^a   Martinez, V ^a   Schwarzel R ^b  

^a FIT   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Agricultural Research Station Agroscope Cadenazzo   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Pathogen host genotype interaction; Resistance breeding; Zoosporangial root infection

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CULTIVAR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPONGOSPORA SUBTERRANEA;

EID: 0942300462     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJPP.0000010123.21255.d1     Document Type: Article

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