Study of the fungal flora of sunflower varieties with different response to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. -ARTÍCULO BREVE-

RODRIGUEZ, MARIA ALEJANDRA; VENEDIKIAN, NADIA; GODEAS, ALICIA

York. United Kingdom.

Workshop; XIth International Sclerotinia workshop 2001; 2001

Central Science Laboratory International Society for Plant Pathology and British Society for Plant Pathology. British Society for Plant Pathology, International Society for Plant Pathology & Central Science Laboratory of York. York, United Kingdom

The role of microorganisms from different floret parts of tolerant and susceptible (Helianthus annuus) sunflower varieties to S. sclerotiorum attack was investigated. Our results show that tolerant varieties might have an indirect defense mechanism that protects flower from pathogen growth.