A Technique for the Selection of Red Clover Seedlings Resistant to the Clover Rot Fungus, Sclerotinia trifoliorum Eriksson

Abstract

DURING the course of work on the breeding of red clover resistant to clover rot, it was found necessary to devise a method of artificial inoculation which would act as a preliminary ‘sieve’ in the selection of resistant types for strain-building. The method described enables much larger populations to be handled than would be possible by any method involving mature plants.