Pd. Dejong, GROWTH OF LEEK RUST EPIDEMICS IN TIME IN 3 CULTIVARS DURING THE EARLY-STAGE OF THE EPIDEMIC, European journal of plant pathology, 101(2), 1995, pp. 139-148
The growth of leek rust epidemics in time under favourable conditions
in three leek cultivars during two years was analysed. In both years,
the highest disease levels were found on cultivar Albana, followed by
Carina and Cortina. A simple model is presented to correct the results
for exchange of inoculum between adjacent plots. The results of this
model indicate, that the difference in rust infection between the cult
ivars may be due to a reduced growth of the epidemic in young plants o
f cultivars Cortina and Carina. In older plants, the ranking in suscep
tibility was reversed, causing a less pronounced difference in infecti
on between the cultivars. The growth of leek rust epidemics during the
early stage of the epidemic in isolated plots was satisfactorily desc
ribed by an exponential model.