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Research Project: Breeding for Horizontal Resistance to Late Blight in Potatoes

Location: Vegetable Laboratory

Project Number: 1275-21000-140-08
Project Type: Grant

Start Date: Apr 01, 1999
End Date: Mar 31, 2004

Objective:
Evaluate 4x and 2x potatoes for late blight resistance using detached leaf assay.

Approach:
Measure lesion size, percent leaf area covered by lesions and sporangia/ unit area for late blight resistant 4x and 2x selections.

 
Project Team
Haynes, Kathleen
Barbara Christ - Associate Professor (301)504-7405

Project Annual Reports
  FY 2003
  FY 2002
  FY 2001
  FY 2000
  FY 1999

Related National Programs
  Plant, Microbial & Insect Genetic Res., Genomics, & Genetic Improv. I (301)
  Plant Diseases (303)

 
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