Abstract
In two greenhouse tests, we compared cell populations ofCorynebacterium sepedonicum in inoculated cultivars which had failed to show symptoms in field inoculation tests against cultivars that produce well-defined symptoms. Both population studies showed that cell numbers as high as 1 × 109 colony-forming units per gm of fresh weight (cfu gm-1) were reached in some cultivars prior to symptom development. In one of these tests, conducted when day length averaged 14 1/2 hrs, some cultivars failed to show symptoms 11 wks after inoculation but were found to have cell populations as high as 3.2 × 108 cfu gm-1 7 wks after inoculation. In another study, root and seed piece inoculations were compared in susceptible and resistant cultivars and only minor differences in symptom expression due to mode of entry of the pathogen were found.
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