Screening for Resistance to Pythium Root Rot among Twenty-three Caladium Cultivars

Pythium root rot, caused by Pythium myriotylum (Ridings and Hartman, 1976), is a very damaging disease to caladium plants (Caladium x hortulanum). Use of disease-resistant cultivars has been an effective and economically viable strategy for integrated management of major diseases in numerous crops....

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Main Authors: Zhanao Deng, Brent K. Harbaugh, Rick O. Kelly, Teresa Seijo, Robert J. McGovern
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Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2005-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/115099
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author Zhanao Deng
Brent K. Harbaugh
Rick O. Kelly
Teresa Seijo
Robert J. McGovern
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description Pythium root rot, caused by Pythium myriotylum (Ridings and Hartman, 1976), is a very damaging disease to caladium plants (Caladium x hortulanum). Use of disease-resistant cultivars has been an effective and economically viable strategy for integrated management of major diseases in numerous crops. This strategy could be used to control pythium root rot in caladium if resistant cultivars could be identified or developed. In an evaluation of 19 major commercial cultivars, 'Candidum', 'Candidum Jr.', 'Frieda Hemple', and 'White Christmas' were found to have a moderate level of resistance to Pythium. To find more resistant cultivars, twenty-three additional commercial cultivars were screened using the same Pythium isolates, inoculation and evaluation procedures as described earlier (Deng et al. 2004). This document is ENH1008, one of a series of the Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date September 27, 2005. ENH1008/EP259: Screening for Resistance to Pythium Root Rot among Twenty-three Caladium Cultivars (ufl.edu)
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spelling doaj.art-b38e4a43164c455a8cecacafe0a6f78a2024-04-23T05:06:32ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092005-09-01200511Screening for Resistance to Pythium Root Rot among Twenty-three Caladium CultivarsZhanao Deng0Brent K. Harbaugh1Rick O. KellyTeresa Seijo2Robert J. McGovern3University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida Pythium root rot, caused by Pythium myriotylum (Ridings and Hartman, 1976), is a very damaging disease to caladium plants (Caladium x hortulanum). Use of disease-resistant cultivars has been an effective and economically viable strategy for integrated management of major diseases in numerous crops. This strategy could be used to control pythium root rot in caladium if resistant cultivars could be identified or developed. In an evaluation of 19 major commercial cultivars, 'Candidum', 'Candidum Jr.', 'Frieda Hemple', and 'White Christmas' were found to have a moderate level of resistance to Pythium. To find more resistant cultivars, twenty-three additional commercial cultivars were screened using the same Pythium isolates, inoculation and evaluation procedures as described earlier (Deng et al. 2004). This document is ENH1008, one of a series of the Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date September 27, 2005. ENH1008/EP259: Screening for Resistance to Pythium Root Rot among Twenty-three Caladium Cultivars (ufl.edu) https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/115099EP259
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title_short Screening for Resistance to Pythium Root Rot among Twenty-three Caladium Cultivars
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