Potato Journal
  • Year: 2003
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue: 1 and 2

Effect of soil moisture regimes on the viability of oospores of P. infestans in the sub-tropical plains

  • Author:
  • DK Rana, BP Singh, M Narayana Bhat1, PH Singh2
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 145 to 146

1Central Potato Research Institute Campus, Modipuram-250 110, UP.

2Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla-171 00, HP.

Abstract

Studies on survival of Phytophthora infestans oospores at different soil moisture and temperature regimes revealed that oospore viability decreased with increase in soil moisture level. Similar trend was observed at both 18 and 28°C.