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Optimum storage conditions to identify resistance to silver scurf among commercially grown potato cultivars were determined in a series of experiments. Inoculation of field-grown tubers with a conidial suspension ofH. solani (concentration 104 conidia per ml of water) and incubation at 15°C with 95% RH for 1 month followed by 2 months at 85% RH produced the greatest differences in disease severity between potato cultivars. Results with glasshouse-grown tubers were comparable with those from field-grown tubers, indicating that the test could be used to identify resistance in wild species of potato and to understand the inheritance of this resistance.
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Hilton, A.J., Stewart, H.E., Linton, S.L. et al. Testing the resistance to silver scurf in commercial potato cultivars under controlled environmental conditions. Potato Res 43, 263–271 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02358085
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