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A greenhouse screening method for corky root (Pyrenochaeta lycopersici) resistance in the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is described in detail. In determining the reliability of the method, known resistance sources within wild asccessions, commerical cultivars and breeding lines were evaluated for resistance in fields naturally infested with corky root and their response compared under greenhouse conditions in soil heavily infested with corky root and artifically maintained at temperatures between 10–13°C. The procedure developed can be used year round and improves the efficiency of recovering resistant progeny in large segregrating populations.
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Jones, R.A., Millett, A. & Giannini, C. A greenhouse screening method forPyrenochaeta lycopersici resistance in tomatoes. Euphytica 40, 187–191 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00024510
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