Project Number: 1275-21000-176-01
Project Type: Specific C/A

Start Date: May 01, 2004
End Date: Apr 30, 2009

Objective:
EVAULATE DIPLOID AND TETRAPLOID POTATO GERMPLASM FOR RESISTANCE TO EARLY BLIGHT AND LATE BLIGHT.

Approach:
REPLICATED TRIATS WILL BE PLANTED IN NON-COMMERICAL POTATO PRODUCTION AREAS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND ARTIFICIALLY INOCULATED 8-10 WEEKS AFTER PLANTING TO INDUCE EITHER LATE BLIGHT OR EARLY BLIGHT EPIDEMICS. PLANTS WILL BE SCORED WEEKLY FOR PERCENT INFECTED FOLIAGE DURING THE COURSE OF THE EPIDEMIC.

Project Team

Haynes, Kathleen Barbara Christ - Professor 301-504-7405

Related National Programs

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