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Triforine sensitivity in lettuce: A potentially useful genetic marker

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A commercial formulation of triforine1, a systemic fungicide not normally used on lettuce, induced marked phytotoxicity on certain cultivars. The phytotoxic agent was found to be triforine and not one of the other components of the formulation.

Test crosses between resistant and susceptible cultivars have shown that resistance is recessive and determined by a single major gene for which the symbol tr is proposed. The character is unlikely to be of much significance in lettuce crop protection but is potentially useful in genetic studies and for the production of hybrid lettuce seed.

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  1. Glasshouse Crops Research Institute, BN16 3PU, Littlehampton, Sussex, England

    J. W. Maxon Smith

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Maxon Smith, J.W. Triforine sensitivity in lettuce: A potentially useful genetic marker. Euphytica 28, 351–359 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00056593

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