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The identification of seedling resistance to white rust of crucifers was performed in a screening of a B. oleracea core collection with 400 accessions representing the genetic and geographic diversity of the species. Fifty seedlings per accession were tested against the Portuguese isolate Ac502 using the methodology and evaluation procedures developed by and . The percentage of resistant seedlings (%R) and the conventional rating criteria of the mean Disease Index (DI) based on the two different evaluation procedures of disease expression used, were compared and adopted as the criteria to rank the accessions for their interest as sources of resistance. A great variability of reactions was found between and within accessions of the core collection, ranging from complete resistance to full susceptibility. Sources of resistance were found namely among the cauliflowers, broccoli and tronchuda cabbages gene pools. Forty-seven accessions presented at least 20% of resistant seedlings. Nine accessions (the kales INRA18 and INRA62, the cauliflowers HRI4856, HRI4866 and HRI5424, the loose-head cabbage HRI11555, the savoy cabbage BRA848, the black broccoli HRI6318 and the Portuguese tronchuda cabbage ISA207) presented 50–78% of resistant seedlings and so they should be considered as potential and useful sources for direct use in breeding programs for white rust resistance. Fourteen inbred lines, representing the full range of disease expression, derived from resistant accessions of the core collection were also tested for resistance to other two Portuguese isolates (Ac503 and Ac504) and to a UK isolate. The results provided no evidence of differential reaction to the A. candida isolates tested.
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Santos, M., Dias, J. Evaluation of a core collection of Brassica oleracea accessions for resistance to white rust of crucifers (Albugo candida) at the cotyledon stage. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 51, 713–722 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GRES.0000034577.82868.5d
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