Scottish Strawberry Breeders Campaign Against Diseases
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https://doi.org/10.71318/apom.1967.21.1.19Abstract
Problems in breeding strawberries, particularly for resistance against Phytopthora fragaria, or red core, are pointed out in The Grower by Ronald Webber, breeder of the Scottish Horticultural Research Institute, at Auchincruive, near Ayre. For one thing, varieties bred for immunity to one form of red core, eventually become infected with new strains of the disease, and new strawberry varieties have to be found. Also, indexing for resistance by grafting on an indicator plant, such as F. vesca, eliminates those selections which may have enough field resistance to be grown successfully.
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