Field Susceptibility of Twenty Strawberry Cultivars to Tarnished Plant Bug Injury
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https://doi.org/10.71318/apom.1991.45.3.166Abstract
Twenty Junebearing strawberry cultivars grown in a matted row trial in Monmouth, Maine were evaluated for susceptibility to tarnished plant bug injury during the 1987 and 1988 harvest seasons. A wide range of injury was observed among cultivars. ‘Honeoye,’ ‘Sparkle,’ ‘Veestar’ and ‘Canoga’ had significantly less injury than other cultivars, as measured by number and weight of fruit showing apical seediness. ‘Mic Mac,’ ‘Scott,’ ‘Blomidon’ and ‘Redchief’ were most susceptible. Cultivars with the least injury tended to have the greatest marketable yields. Characteristics that might impart resistance were not obvious from this study, but there is some evidence that tarnished plant bug resistance could be selected for in breeding programs.
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