In field experiment studies that tested the effects of three partly resista
nt cultivars of spring oilseed turnip rape (Brassica campestris), multiplic
ation of clubroot was moderate. When initial soil inoculum levels were 47-7
2% of infected test plants in the bioassay, only 2.1-10% of the plants were
infected after harvest. The yield of partly resistant lines was 5-10% high
er compared with that of the susceptible cultivar SW Kulta, which on averag
e yielded 1.73 t/ha. The average disease severity index (DSI) after harvest
in these trials was 12.7 for the nonresistant cultivar SW Kulta and ranged
between 2.2 and 6.2 for the partly resistant lines. The study demonstrated
that in fields where the soil infestation level gives a DSI of less than 1
0, or when less than 20% of the bait plants are infected in the bioassay, i
t is possible to avoid the risk of severe yield losses from clubroot infect
ions by integrating a partly resistant cultivar into the crop rotation.