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Examination of resistance to clubroot in accessions of Brassica oleracea using a glasshouse seedling test

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A glasshouse test was elaborated for assessing large numbers of seedlings ofBrassica oleracea for resistance to clubroot, a disease caused by the fungusPlasmodiophora brassicae. The method offers good control of inoculum density per plant, and requires 6–7 weeks from sowing. The results from the glasshouse test correlated well with field test results. With this method, 71 accessions ofB. oleracea reported to carry resistance to clubroot, and one susceptible control cultivar were tested with a Dutch clubroot isolate. High levels of resistance were found in several accessions of cabbage, broccoli and curly kale. F1-populations of resistant cabbage or curly kale × susceptible cabbage were fully susceptible, indicating recessive inheritance of resistance in all cases.

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  1. Department of Vegetable and Fruit Crops, DLO Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research (CPRO-DLO), P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands

    Roeland E. Voorrips & Dirk L. Visser

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Voorrips, R.E., Visser, D.L. Examination of resistance to clubroot in accessions of Brassica oleracea using a glasshouse seedling test. Netherlands Journal of Plant Pathology 99, 269–276 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01974308

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