Improving <i>Fusarium</i> Basal Rot Resistance of Onion Cultivars through Artificial Inoculation and Selection of Mature Bulbs

Improving <i>Fusarium</i> Basal Rot Resistance of Onion Cultivars through Artificial Inoculation and Selection of Mature Bulbs

<i>Fusarium</i> basal rot (FBR) of onion, caused by the soil-borne fungus <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f.sp. <i>cepae</i> (FOC), results in a substantial storage loss of marketable bulbs. Seedling and field screening methods, which were used to generate FBR resistant...

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Main Authors: Subhankar Mandal, Christopher S. Cramer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Horticulturae
Subjects:
<i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f.sp. <i>cepae</i>
disease incidence
disease severity
partial resistance
quantitative resistance
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/7/168

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