Abstract
A method is described for assessing the resistance to leafroll of large numbers of potato clones, exposed to conditions of intense natural infection. Scoring for resistance can be accomplished with reasonable accuracy and the method enables the adjustment of data to accommodate annual variations in the natural spread of infection. Variations in the annual intensity of leafroll infection as measured on the control varieties, correspond well with variations in catches of known vectors of the disease in a suction trap, relatively near to, and representative of, the area of the trial. The regression of mean offspring resistance on mean parental resistance is indicative of the quantitative nature of inheritance of the character.
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