CORESTA Congress, Quebec, 2014, Agronomy/Phytopathology Groups, AP 09
Investigation of black shank resistance and agronomic performance of flue-cured tobacco lines and hybrids carrying the introgressed Nicotiana rustica region, Wz.
(1) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.; (2) University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, U.S.A.; (3) Clemson University, Florence, SC, U.S.A.
Black shank, caused by Phytophthora nicotianae, is one of the most important diseases affecting tobacco production in the United States. Growers require genetic resistance to multiple races of P. nicotiane that can be combined into cultivars which...