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Oospore production inPeronospora farinosa f. sp.spinaciae was induced in spinach seedlings. This was done in detached cotyledons as wel as in undetached cotyledons on living plants, and in growth chambers as well as in the field. In young leaf tissue the fungus, produced oospores more often than in old tissue. The four spinach cultivars tested, viz. Breedblad Scherpzaad, Symphony, Novires and Huro, did not show significant differences in numbers of cotyledons with oospores, nor in numbers of oospores per cotyledon, though cv. Breedblad Scherpzaad was less susceptible to oospore formation in the field. Comparison of various inoculum densities showed a tendency to a smaller number of cotyledons with oospores with a lower inoculum density. Oospores were abundantly formed, when the plants were exposed to stress conditions in the second half of the latent period.
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Methoden werden ontwikkeld om oosporenvorming doorPeronospora farinosa f. sp.spinaciae in kiemplanten van spinazie te induceren. Dit gebeurde met afgeplukte kiembladeren en in kiembladeren aan de levende plant, zowel in klimaatcellen als tevelde.
In jonge kiembladeren werden vaker en meer oosporen gevormd, dan in oudere kiembladeren. De vier getoetste cultivars Breedblad Scherpzaad, Symphony, Novires en Huro vertoonden geen opvallende verschillen in aantallen kiembladeren met oosporen en aantallen oosporen per kiemblad, hoewel cultivar Breedblad Scherpzaad in het veld als minst vatbaar voor oosporenvorming naar voren kwam.
Vergelijking van verschillende inoculum dichtheden toonde een tendens aan voor een kleiner aantal cotylen met oosporen bij lagere inoculumdichtheden. Er werden overvloedig oosporen gevormd wanneer de planten in de tweede helft van de latentieperiode in een ‘stress’ situatie werden gebracht.
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Frinking, H.D., Harrewijn, J.L. & Geerds, C.F. Factors governing oospore production by Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae in cotyledons of spinach. Netherlands Journal of Plant Pathology 91, 215–223 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01997965
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