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Testing Populations of Beet Eelworm, Heterodera schachtii Schmidt, for Resistance-breaking Biotypes, using the Wild Beet (Beta patellaris Moq.) as Indicator

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SOME species of wild beet, including Beta patellaris, are resistant to beet eelworm. The roots of B. patellaris are invaded by larvæ, a small proportion of which develop into mature males, but usually no mature females are produced1.

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SHEPHERD, A. Testing Populations of Beet Eelworm, Heterodera schachtii Schmidt, for Resistance-breaking Biotypes, using the Wild Beet (Beta patellaris Moq.) as Indicator. Nature 183, 1141–1142 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831141a0

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