Dj. Ballinger et Pa. Salisbury, SEEDLING AND ADULT-PLANT EVALUATION OF RACE VARIABILITY IN LEPTOSPHAERIA-MACULANS ON BRASSICA SPECIES IN AUSTRALIA, Australian journal of experimental agriculture, 36(4), 1996, pp. 485-488
Seedling and adult plant studies were used to identify the race struct
ure of Leptosphaeria maculans (the cause of blackleg) on oilseed Brass
ica species in Australia. Host-pathogen interactions using a set of 12
differential host lines identified 14 seedling races and 7 adult plan
t races. There was little relationship, however, between seedling and
adult plant reactions to individual isolates, indicating that seedling
and adult plant resistance are under different genetic control. While
non-specific adult plant resistance was observed in the B. napus line
Jet Neuf, host-pathogen interactions confirmed the existence of race-
specific adult plant resistances in other differential lines.