Abstract
The effects of plant development and leaf age on the infection efficiency (IE), the latency period (LP) and the sporulation intensity (SP) of groundnut rust were studied using detached and attached leaflets of a highly susceptible groundnut cultivar. The results indicate a decrease ofIE with increasing leaf age and an increase ofLP with increasing leaf age and development stage. A significant effect of detachment onIE was found. However, experiments on both detached and non-detached leaflets resulted in the same, general conclusions. The observed reduction ofIE and lengthening ofLP suggest that further studies would profitably distinguish epidemiologically different layers in the host canopy.
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