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Title: DISEASE NURSERIES...A TOOL TO EVALUATE RESISTANCE

Author
item Hanson, Linda
item Panella, Leonard
item Martin, Susan

Submitted to: Sugar Producer Magazine
Publication Type: Trade Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/1/2002
Publication Date: 1/1/2002
Citation: Hanson, L.E., Panella, L.W., Martin, S.S. 2002. Disease nurseries...a tool to evaluate resistance. Sugar Producer Magazine.

Interpretive Summary: For over 45 years the USDA-ARS Sugar Beet Research Unit at Fort Collins, CO, has established disease nurseries to evaluate sugarbeet resistance to Cercospora Leaf Spot and Rhizoctonia Root Rot. These nurseries, designed to produce relatively uniform and severe disease pressure each year, are part of the ARS national breeding and disease-resistance research program.

Technical Abstract: For over 45 years the USDA-ARS Sugar Beet Research Unit at Fort Collins, CO, has established disease nurseries to evaluate sugarbeet resistance to Cercospora Leaf Spot and Rhizoctonia Root Rot. These nurseries, designed to produce relatively uniform and severe disease pressure each year, are part of the ARS national breeding and disease-resistance research program.