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The effects of plant development and leaf age on the infection efficiency (IE), the latency period (LP) and the sporulation intensity (SP) of groundnut rust were studied using detached and attached leaflets of a highly susceptible groundnut cultivar. The results indicate a decrease ofIE with increasing leaf age and an increase ofLP with increasing leaf age and development stage. A significant effect of detachment onIE was found. However, experiments on both detached and non-detached leaflets resulted in the same, general conclusions. The observed reduction ofIE and lengthening ofLP suggest that further studies would profitably distinguish epidemiologically different layers in the host canopy.
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De invloed van het ontwikkelingsstadium van de plant en van de leeftijd van het blad op de infectie-efficiëntie (IE), de latentieperiode (LP) en de sporulatie-intensiteit (SP) van aardnootroest werd onderzocht bij een zeer vatbare aardnoot-cultivar aan wel en niet afgesneden deelblaadjes. De resultaten laten een afname zien vanIE bij toenemende bladleeftijd alsmede een toename vanLP met de toename van bladleeftijd en ontwikkelingsstadium. Het effect van het afsnijden van de deelblaadjes opIE was significant, maar proeven met wel en met niet afgesneden blaadjes leidden tot dezelfde algemene gevolgtrekkingen. De waargenomen afname vanIE en verlenging vanLP doen vermoeden dat voortgezet onderzoek een nuttig onderscheid zal kunnen maken tussen in epidemiologische zin verschillende bladlagen van het gewas.
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Savary, S. Decrease by plant development and leaf age of susceptibility of groundnut to rust (Puccinia arachidis) in a susceptible cultivar. Netherlands Journal of Plant Pathology 93, 25–31 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01998141
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