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The correlation between resistance levels of seedlings with cotyledons only and leaf discs taken from young and old leaves on the one hand and the resistance of adult plants in bicyclic field tests on the other was investigated. Components of resistance were: latent period (LP) the percentage of seedlings (SEED) or the number of cotyledons (COT) infected, the number of sporangiophores (SPOR) per cotyledon or leaf dise and the % of the surface (SURF) per cotyledon or disc covered with sporangiophores.
For both cotyledons and leaf discs, significant differences occurred between plant genotypes for LP, SPOR and SURF. The correspondence between results of cotyledon testing and field testing was generally negligible. There was a rather good correlation between the resistance levels of leaf discs, expressed in SPOR and SURF and the resistance of adult plants. On the basis of a smaller coefficient of variation for SPOR this parameter should be preferred to predict the resistance of adult plants by testing leaf discs.
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Eenink, A.H., De Jong, C.J. Partial resistance in lettuce to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae). 3. Correspondence between resistance levels of cotyledons and leaf discs and resistance of adult plants. Euphytica 31, 761–769 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039215
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