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Title:   Author  item
                                            Baumgartner, Kendraitem
                                            Fujiyoshi, Phillipitem
                                            Kluepfel, Danielitem
                                            Browne, Gregitem
                                            LESLIE, CHUCK - University Of California
  Submitted to: American Phytopathological Society Abstracts
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 8/15/2012
                                    Publication  Date: 8/15/2012
                                    Citation: Baumgartner, K., Fujiyoshi, P.T., Kluepfel, D.A., Browne, G.T., Leslie, C. 2012. Identification of tree-crop rootstocks with resistance to Armillaria root disease.. American Phytopathological Society Abstracts. 23-0.Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: Armillaria root disease attacks a broad range of tree crops in California. Instead of re-tooling ineffective conventional controls, namely soil fumigation, we focused on identification of Armillaria-resistant Juglans rootstocks, as part of a collaborative project to identify rootstocks with resistance to several major root pathogens. Plants were grown in a standard tissue-culture medium, which supports both the plant and pathogen. This approach overcame the obstacles of greenhouse inoculations by eliminating escapes and facilitating repeatable mortality starting at 3 weeks post-inoculation. Rootstocks were challenged with three A. mellea strains in three experiments. We inoculated paradox hybrids (J. regia x black walnut; AX1, PX1, RX1, RR4-11A, Vlach, and VX211), Northern California black walnut (J. hindsii) ‘W17’, English walnut (J. regia) ‘Chandler’, and relative Pterocarya stenoptera ‘WNxW’. At 2 months post-inoculation, AX1, PX1, and RX1 exhibited the lowest percent mortality for all strains of A. mellea in all three experiments (10, 31, and 34%, respectively; n = 99 observations). The most susceptible to A. mellea infection were VX211, W17, and WNxW (70, 86, and 94%, respectively). Applications of these findings to the field are difficult to evaluate, due to inconsistent observations and poor design of past field trials. As such, we are establishing additional inoculations in both the lab and field to help validate our infection assay.


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