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Induced resistance in tomato plants against Fusarium wilt invoked by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. dianthi

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Tomato plants, susceptible toFusarium oxysporum f. sp.lycopersici, were inoculated by immersing the roots in a conidial suspension ofF. oxysporum f. sp.lycopersici race 1,F. oxysporum f. sp.dianthi race 2 or a mixture of both fungi. Plants inoculated withF. oxysporum f. sp.lycopersici showed disease symptoms after 2 weeks, whereas plants inoculated withF. oxysporum f. sp.dianthi or a mixture of both fungi remained symptomless for over 7 weeks, the duration of the experiment.

In another experiment root systems of plants were split and each half was separately inoculated. One half was firstly inoculated withF. oxysporum f. sp.dianthi or treated with water, followed after a week by a second inoculation of the other half withF. oxysporum f. sp.lycopersici or by a water treatment. The disease symptoms in the half firstly inoculated withF. oxysporum f. sp.dianthi were significantly delayed, compared to plants of which that half had been treated with water. BecauseF. oxysporum f. sp.dianthi reduced disease symptoms caused byF. oxysporum f. sp.lycopersici without any direct interaction with this pathogen, it is concluded thatF. oxysporum f. sp.dianthi is able to induce resistance againstF. oxysporum f. sp.lycopersici in tomato plants.

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  1. R. J. Scheffer

    Present address: Zaadunie B.V., Westeinde 62, Enkhuizen, the Netherlands

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  1. Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Section of Plant Pathology, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 320, 1098 SM, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    B. A. M. Kroon, R. J. Scheffer & D. M. Elgersma

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Kroon, B.A.M., Scheffer, R.J. & Elgersma, D.M. Induced resistance in tomato plants against Fusarium wilt invoked by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. dianthi. Neth. J. Pl. Path. 97, 401–408 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03041387

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