Disease susceptibility of spinach is reduced by paying extra attention to seeds, according to Dutch researchers
Fresh Spinach
Netherlands
Published Jun 2, 2022
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Diseases are more common in spinach cultivation now that the authorization of various crop protection products has been canceled. Researcher Kim Magnée investigated which seeds are most disease resistant and how to improve the quality of the spinach seed. On Wednesday 11 May she obtained her Ph.D. at Wageningen University.
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Posted: 01/06/2022 Save as favorite Diseases are more common in spinach cultivation now that the authorization of various crop protection products has been cancelled. Researcher Kim Magnée investigated which seeds are most disease resistant and how to improve the quality of the spinach seed. On Wednesday 11 May she obtained her PhD at Wageningen University. One of the most important diseases in spinach is 'drop-out disease'. The seed does not germinate, young plants do not emerge or wilt almost immediately. Several fungi and oomycetes cause this phenomenon, in particular the oomycete Pythium ultimum. Magnée discovered variation in disease tolerance between spinach varieties, but the variation between seed lots of the same variety turned out to be even greater. This was partly due to the variation in seed size and maturity, because the plant flowers over a large part of the stem. The seeds at the bottom of the stem are the largest and most ripe, while all the seeds of the plant are ...
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