Sensory assessment of Cercospora beticola sporulation for phenotyping the partial disease resistance of sugar beet genotypes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to its high damaging potential, Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) caused by Cercospora beticola is a continuous threat to sugar beet production worldwide. Breeding for disease resistance is hampered by the quantitative nature of resistance which may result from differences in penetration, colonization, and sporulation of the pathogen on sugar beet genotypes. In particular, problems in the quantitative assessment of C. beticola sporulation have resulted in the common practice to assess field resistance late in the growth period as quantitative resistance parameter. Recently, hyperspectral sensors have shown potential to assess differences in CLS severity. Hyperspectral microscopy was used for the quantification of C. beticola sporulation on sugar beet le

SUBMITTER: Oerke EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858659 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature