Table 1 Take-all infectivity of the soil after harvest of the source cultivars (Cadenza and Hereward) grown as a first wheat crop in the rotation.

From: Exploring the resilience of wheat crops grown in short rotations through minimising the build-up of an important soil-borne fungal pathogen

Ā 

Post-harvest soil core bioassay

Logit % roots infected with take-all (back-transformed means)

Source cultivar

2009/R/CS/6881

2010/R/CS/7062

2011/R/CS/719

2012/R/CS/725

Cadenza

āˆ’1.01 (11.1)

āˆ’1.87 (1.8)

āˆ’0.73 (18.4)

āˆ’0.94 (12.8)

Hereward

āˆ’0.67 (20.1)

āˆ’1.72 (2.6)

āˆ’0.31 (34.7)

āˆ’0.24 (37.6)

d.f.

3

3

3

3

SED (logits)

0.084

0.173

0.115

0.150

F Probability

0.027

0.450

0.034

0.019

  1. 1Rothamsted field trial codes.
  2. 2Dry weather from April-July 2010 restricted take-all build-up.
Back to article page