Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Mar 1987
Susceptibility of Calathea Species and Cultivars to Bipolaris setariae
Susceptibility of Calathea Species and Cultivars to Bipolaris setariae
Page Range: 29 – 30
Relative susceptibility of five species of Calathea to Bipolaris setariae, the cause of Helminthosporium leaf spot, was tested under greehouse conditions. Calathea louisae ‘Green Feather’ and C. roseopicta were highly resistant, while C. makoyana ‘Peacock Plant’ was moderately resistant. The most susceptible species were C. argentea ‘Silver Portrait’ and ‘Vandenheckei’, and C. insignis ‘Rattlesnake’.
Copyright: Copyright, All Rights Reserved 1987
Contributor Notes
Florida Agricultural Experiment Stations Journal Series No. 7598. Appreciation is extended to W. McLees and J. Yuen for technical assistance.
2Associate Professor of Plant Pathology.
Received: 13 Oct 1986