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research article

Verticillium wilt resistance: Strawberries resistant to verticillium wilt also show resistance to powdery mildew in plant disease studies

authors

Stephen Wilhelm, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 9(9):8-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v009n09p8. September 1955.

abstract

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

Resistance to the Verticillium disease of strawberry occurs in a few varieties such as Sierra, Blakemore, and Marshall, in some breeding stocks, and in some forms of Fragaria chiloensis, one of the progenitors of the present-day large-fruited strawberry.

author affiliations

Stephen Wilhelm is Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley.

author notes

The above progress report is based on Research Project No. 981.

The U. C. soil mix was developed by K. F. Baker, Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Los Angeles, and his coworkers.