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Aphid resistance in potatoes

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The foregoing report on aphid resistance in potatoes considers the problem in the following manner:

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    Reference is made to previous studies on insect resistance in plants which have some bearing on aphid resistance in theSolanum genus.

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    The procedure and results of experiments carried on over the period of 1939–'45 to test aphid reactions critically in approximately 20 varieties ofSolanum tuberosum and 5 otherSolanum species, and generally in 90 other varieties, are described. The test aphids in all cases were of the speciesMyzus persicae Sulzer. Reactions have been classed as “very susceptible” (typically S. #41,956, Katahdin), “susceptible” (typically Bliss Triumph, Irish Cobbler, Sebago, Pontiac, Chippewa), “tolerant” (typically Green Mountain, President, Warba, Arran Vic-Solanum chacoense), and “very resistant” (Fredericton Sdlg. #996-1-4 Houma, Earlaine, Sequoia,Solanum demissum, Solanum Commersonii, Solanum chacoense), and “very resistant” (Fredericton Sdlg. #996-1-4 andSolanum polyadenium).

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    A discussion notes that potato varieties and species differ materially in their reactions to the feeding of aphid populations. Consideration is given to the possibilities of breeding potatoes resistant to aphid populations, both for the entomological and pathological value. A similarity between results obtained in leafhopper resistance studies and those found in aphid studies is noted.

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    Tables, graphs and figures are utilized wherever possible for clarity.

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  1. Division of Entomology, Fredericton, N. B.

    Jean Burnham Adams

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Contribution No. 2360, Division of Entomology, Science Service, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada.

Acknowledgments. Sincere thanks are due Dr. D. J. MacLeod, Officer-in-Charge, Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Fredericton, for guidance, criticism, and the facilities for the pursuit of these investigations; to the various members of the laboratory staff, for suggestions and assistance in plot work, especially to Mr. Leo Dionne; also to Mr. W. W. Targett, Division of Entomology, who aided materially in the work on the plots; to Dr. G. W. Simpson of the Maine State Experiment Station, and to Mr. C. L. Hovey, previously of that institution, for advice and material; to Dr. J. L. Sleesman, Ohio State Experiment Station; to Mr. W. M. McCulloch, Nova Scotia, Mr. S. G. Peppin, Prince Edward Island, and Mr. H. S. MacLeod, British Columbia, of the Plant Protection Division, for materials; and to Dr. F. W. Pirie, Grand Falls, N. B., for sample potato varieties. Wherever statistical information was necessary, it was generously supplied by Dr. Geoffrey Beall, previously of the Dominion Entomological Laboratory, Chatham, Ontario.

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Adams, J.B. Aphid resistance in potatoes. American Potato Journal 23, 1–22 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02883549

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