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Publication Date
1985
Location
Kyoto Japan
Description
Urophlyctis alfalfae, the crown-wart agent of alfalfa, is locally damageable in France in damp or irrigated fields. Field tests, from 1980 to 1983, in plots naturally contaminated by Urophlyctis alfalfae show that among 9 alfalfa cultivars, only those known to be tolerant to soil wetness have a good resistance to U. alfalfae ("Paider" and 2 old french cultivars "Marais de Challans", "Marais de Lm;on"). The use of such cultivars in damp soils would allow to reduce the damages of this disease. The resistance of the 2 old cultivars may have been naturally selected in marshlands where the disease is endemic. The tolerance of alfalfa to what is commonly called "soil wetness" may be partly due to a better resistance to U. alfalfae.
Citation
Raynal, G and Picard, J, "Possibility of Control of Urophlyctis Alfalfae, The Crown-wart Agent of Alfalfa, by the use of Cultivars Tolerant to Soil Wetness" (1985). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 19.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1985/ses7/19)
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Possibility of Control of Urophlyctis Alfalfae, The Crown-wart Agent of Alfalfa, by the use of Cultivars Tolerant to Soil Wetness
Kyoto Japan
Urophlyctis alfalfae, the crown-wart agent of alfalfa, is locally damageable in France in damp or irrigated fields. Field tests, from 1980 to 1983, in plots naturally contaminated by Urophlyctis alfalfae show that among 9 alfalfa cultivars, only those known to be tolerant to soil wetness have a good resistance to U. alfalfae ("Paider" and 2 old french cultivars "Marais de Challans", "Marais de Lm;on"). The use of such cultivars in damp soils would allow to reduce the damages of this disease. The resistance of the 2 old cultivars may have been naturally selected in marshlands where the disease is endemic. The tolerance of alfalfa to what is commonly called "soil wetness" may be partly due to a better resistance to U. alfalfae.
